US Congress House Joint Resolution 42 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 140-2)
Status: Introduced on March 31 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right. States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served. Provides that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]
Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]	Rep. Charles Djou [R-HI]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-27		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-03-31		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SJR13 (Same As) 2009-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SJR16 (Related) 2009-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-joint-resolution/42/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hjres42/BILLS-111hjres42ih.pdf