Bill Text: MI HJROO | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature; other; constitutional amendment to create a congressional delegation oversight committee; petition congress to call a convention. Petitions congress to propose amendment to constitution of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-22 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 10/03/2014 [HJROO Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HJROO-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION OO
October 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution applying to the congress of the United
States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the
constitution of the United States to create a congressional
delegation oversight committee and provide for its powers and
duties.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the state of Michigan:
Section 1. The legislature of the state of Michigan hereby
makes application to the congress of the United States of America,
under the provisions of article V of the constitution of the United
States, for the call of a convention for proposing amendments.
Section 2. This application is for a convention limited to
considering amendments proposing the following:
(a) All federal departments and agencies shall expire if said
departments and agencies are not individually reauthorized in
stand-alone reauthorization bills every three years by a majority
vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(b) All executive branch regulations exceeding an economic
burden of $100,000,000.00, as determined jointly by the government
accountability office and the congressional budget office, shall be
submitted to a permanent joint committee of congress, hereafter the
congressional delegation oversight committee, for review and
approval prior to their implementation.
(c) The committee shall consist of seven members of the House
of Representatives, four chosen by the speaker and three chosen by
the minority leader; and seven members of the Senate, four chosen
by the majority leader and three chosen by the minority leader. No
member shall serve on the committee beyond a single three-year
term.
(d) The committee shall vote no later than six months from the
date of the submission of the regulation to the committee. The
committee shall make no change to the regulation, either approving
or disapproving the regulation by majority vote as submitted.
(e) If the committee does not act within six months from the
date of the submission of the regulation to the committee, the
regulation shall be considered disapproved and must not be
implemented by the executive branch.
Section 3. This application shall be deemed an application for
a convention to address each and any of the subjects in section 2.
For purposes of determining whether two-thirds of the states have
applied for a convention addressing any subject, this application
is to be aggregated with the applications of any other state
legislatures limited to one or more of the subjects in section 2.
Section 4. This is a continuing application and remains in
effect until rescission by any sitting session of the legislature
of this state. This application does not constitute a recognition
that any particular activity or activities currently undertaken by
the federal government is or are authorized by the constitution.
Section 5. Resolved further, That the secretary of state shall
transmit copies of this application to the president and secretary
of the United States Senate, to the speaker and clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, to the archivist of the United
States, and to each member of this state's delegation to the
congress and that printed copies be sent to each house of each
state legislature in the United States.
