Bill Text: TX HCR54 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a "Regulation Freedom Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-01 - Considered in Calendars [HCR54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR54-Introduced.html
| 84R5610 RMA-D | ||
| By: King of Parker | H.C.R. No. 54 | |
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| WHEREAS, Overreaching regulatory policies mandated by the | ||
| federal government encroach upon liberties guaranteed to United | ||
| States citizens by the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments | ||
| enumerated in the Bill of Rights; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed | ||
| with bipartisan support the Regulations From the Executive in Need | ||
| of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, which requires that congressional approval | ||
| be obtained prior to the execution of new major regulations; even if | ||
| enacted, however, that law is vulnerable to repeal or waiver by a | ||
| future congress or president; and | ||
| WHEREAS, States today have little recourse when the | ||
| government in Washington, D.C., oversteps its authority; the only | ||
| way to contest a federal regulation is to bring a constitutional | ||
| challenge in federal court or seek an amendment to the | ||
| constitution; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Passage of a "Regulation Freedom Amendment" would | ||
| help restore constitutional balance by providing that whenever one | ||
| quarter of the members of either the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| or the U.S. Senate transmit to the president of the United States a | ||
| written declaration of opposition to a proposed federal regulation, | ||
| the regulation would require a majority vote of approval from both | ||
| chambers for adoption; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A "Regulation Freedom Amendment" would reestablish | ||
| the separation of powers in the regulatory process and allow the | ||
| will of the people to be voiced through their democratically | ||
| elected representatives; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to | ||
| propose and submit to the states for ratification a "Regulation | ||
| Freedom Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Texas Legislature hereby request that | ||
| the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the | ||
| United States join this state in urging the U.S. Congress to propose | ||
| and submit to the states for ratification a "Regulation Freedom | ||
| Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the | ||
| Senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the | ||
| Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution | ||
| be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to | ||
| the Congress of the United States of America; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the | ||
| presiding officers of the legislatures of the other states as an | ||
| expression of the sentiment of the Legislature of the State of | ||
| Texas. | ||
