US Congress House Joint Resolution 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice 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 unalienable 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. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
2013-01-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HJR29 (Related) 2013-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
SJR18 (Same As) 2013-06-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-joint-resolution/21/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hjres21/BILLS-113hjres21ih.pdf