US Congress House Joint Resolution 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-02 - 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]

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. 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. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2015-01-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-01-21	House	Introduced in House

SJR7 (Related) 2015-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-joint-resolution/23/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hjres23/BILLS-114hjres23ih.pdf