US Congress House Joint Resolution 50 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 81)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-15 - 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 - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right. Declares further that the parental right to direct education includes the right to choose public, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for one's child. 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. Prohibits this article from being construed to apply to a parental action or decision that would end life. Declares 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. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]
Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2013-06-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SJR37 (Same As) 2014-06-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-joint-resolution/50/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hjres50/BILLS-113hjres50ih.pdf