US Congress House Joint Resolution 88 (Prior Session Legislation)

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December 2 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the rights protected by the Constitution are intended to be the rights of natural persons; and (2) the words "people," "person," or "citizen" as used in the Constitution do not include corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and that such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the states. Prohibits this Amendment from limiting the rights of freedom of speech, the press, exercise of religion, association, and all such other inalienable rights of the people.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state.

Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Cicilline, David N.
Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Cooper, Jim	Rep DeFazio, Peter A.
Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Green, Gene
Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Hahn, Janice	Rep Heinrich, Martin	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Neal, Richard E.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.
Rep Perlmutter, Ed	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh
Rep Smith, Adam	Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Wilson, Frederica S.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-11-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HJ00088:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hjres88ih/pdf/BILLS-112hjres88ih.pdf