Bill Text: TX SCR23 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging 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) 2015-03-11 - Referred to State Affairs [SCR23 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SCR23-Introduced.html

	84R9380 RMA-D

	By: Hall	S.C.R. No. 23



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	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 to seek an amendment to the
	constitution; and
	WHEREAS, Passage of a regulation freedom amendment would help
	restore constitutional balance by providing that whenever
	one-fourth 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 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 to 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.