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| 95-sjres-141 | 95 | sjres | 141 | A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed thirty three and one third percent of the average national income of the prior three calendar years, except as specified during war or national emergency. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-06-15 | 1978-06-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Directs Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year (except for repayment of debt) do not exceed 33 1/3 percent of the average national income for the three prior calendar years. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-134 | 95 | sjres | 134 | A joint resolution extending the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-05-17 | 1978-05-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] | IN | D | B000254 | 29 | Extends to 14 years the deadline for ratification of the equal rights amendment. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-123 | 95 | sjres | 123 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for election of the President and Vice President of the United States by the national bonus plan. | Constitutional amendments | 1978-03-17 | 1978-03-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] | IN | D | B000254 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - States that the President shall be elected by a majority of all electoral votes for President, and the Vice President by a majority of all electoral votes for Vice President. Allocates to each State, one electoral vote for each member of the House and Senate from such State to be allocated by State to the candidates who receive the most popular votes for each office in each State. Stipulates that there shall be a national pool of electoral votes to be allocated to the candidates who win the most popular votes across the Nation for each office. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-84 | 95 | sjres | 84 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the right to life of unborn children. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-09-28 | 1977-09-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Includes the unborn within the term "person." Permits abortion: (1) to prevent the death or physical impairment of the mother, and; (2) in certain cases of rape. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-76 | 95 | sjres | 76 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the reconfirmation of Federal judges after a term of ten years. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-07-21 | 1977-07-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Restricts the tenure of a Federal judge or a Supreme Court justice to a term not to exceed ten years, unless the Senate consents to another such term. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-67 | 95 | sjres | 67 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the proposal and the enactment of laws by popular vote of the people of the United States. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-07-11 | 1977-07-11 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Abourezk, James [D-SD] | SD | D | A000017 | 4 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides for proposal of laws, other than those relating to certain aspects of the armed forces, by petition, and enactment of such laws by popular vote. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-51 | 95 | sjres | 51 | A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-05-10 | 1977-05-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Harry F., Jr. [I-VA] | VA | I | B001209 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 24 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to four percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-50 | 95 | sjres | 50 | A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-05-09 | 1977-05-09 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wallop, Malcolm [R-WY] | WY | R | W000092 | 12 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-43 | 95 | sjres | 43 | A joint-resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the participation in nondenominational prayers in any building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-04-04 | 1977-04-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] | VA | R | S000189 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Permits prayer in public buildings. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-38 | 95 | sjres | 38 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to State laws relating to the termination of pregnancy. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-03-10 | 1977-03-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] | VA | R | S000189 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Reserves to the States the power to regulate abortion. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-31 | 95 | sjres | 31 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the continuance in office of judges of the Supreme Court and of inferior courts. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-03-01 | 1977-03-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] | VA | R | S000189 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of any inferior court established by Congress from holding office for more than ten years after (1) taking office, (2) the Senate last consented to his continuance in office, or (3) the ratification of this amendment, whichever last occurs, unless the President nominates and the Senate consents to a continuance in office. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-25 | 95 | sjres | 25 | Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the terms of office and method of selection of judges of the Federal courts. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-02-22 | 1977-02-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Sets an eight-year term of office for Supreme Court justices and a six-year term of office for judges of inferior Federal courts. Directs that United States district court judges be elected by persons within the appropriate judicial districts. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-20 | 95 | sjres | 20 | A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the President and Vice President to one six-year term. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-02-07 | 1977-02-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Limits the Presidents and Vice Presidents term of office after the ratification of this article to one six-year term. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 95-sjres-17 | 95 | sjres | 17 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to guarantee the human rights of pupils attending public schools. | Constitutional amendments | 1977-01-25 | 1977-01-25 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits assignment of public school students to a particular school based upon their race, color, national origin, creed, or sex. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-187 | 94 | sjres | 187 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide 4-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives. | Constitutional amendments | 1976-04-07 | 1976-04-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT] | MT | D | M000113 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the terms of Representatives shall be four years. States that the term shall commence at noon on the 3rd day of January in the year the regular term of the President is to begin. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-180 | 94 | sjres | 180 | A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced Federal budget. | Constitutional amendments | 1976-03-16 | 1976-03-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 22 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress shall seek to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. Directs the President to ascertain the total receipts and outlays of the Government during each fiscal year. Provides that if the total receipts are less than the total outlays, the President shall determine the percentage rate of income tax surtax to be imposed to equal the amount by which such total receipts are less than total outlays. Provides that the income tax surtax, which would otherwise be in effect for the year, may be suspended in case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-178 | 94 | sjres | 178 | A Senate Joint Resolution relating to the Constitutional Amendment on abortion. | Constitutional amendments | 1976-03-15 | 1976-04-28 | Place on calendar in Senate under Subjects on the Table. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life guaranteed in the Constitution, every human being, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or of any State, shall be deemed, from the moment of fertilization, to be a person and entitled to the right to life. | 2024-08-01T19:34:27Z | |
| 94-sjres-175 | 94 | sjres | 175 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the terms of office and method of selection of judges of the Federal courts. | Constitutional amendments | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that each judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office for a term of eight years. Directs that each judge of an inferior court established by the Congress shall hold office for a term of six years. Provides that each judge of each United States district court shall be elected by the persons within the judicial district within which such court is situated. Directs the Congress to provide by law a division of all the judgeships to which this article applies so that the terms of office of one-fourth of the judgeships of the Supreme Court, and one-third of the judgeships of inferior courts, shall terminate every second year. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-176 | 94 | sjres | 176 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit assignment to public schools on the basis of race. | Constitutional amendments | 1976-03-04 | 1976-03-04 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] | AL | D | A000127 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits assignment of any person to any public school or school system on the basis of race. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-171 | 94 | sjres | 171 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution limiting the eligibility of Representatives and Senators for the Presidency or Vice Presidency. | Constitutional amendments | 1976-02-19 | 1976-02-19 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ] | AZ | R | G000267 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - States that no person who has been a Representative or a Senator shall be eligible to become President or Vice President until the end of the two-year period beginning on the last date on which such person was a Representative or Senator. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-149 | 94 | sjres | 149 | A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment on the effective date of increases in congressional salaries. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-12-03 | 1975-12-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL] | FL | D | S000962 | 4 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no law varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-143 | 94 | sjres | 143 | A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to give the several States power to protect unborn children and other persons. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-10-29 | 1975-10-29 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] | ND | D | B001077 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Congress and the States shall have the power to protect life at every stage of biological development. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-140 | 94 | sjres | 140 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children, and other persons. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-10-20 | 1975-10-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 9 | Constitutional Amendment - States that, with respect to the right to life, the word 'person,' as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States, applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause death of the mother. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-141 | 94 | sjres | 141 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-10-20 | 1975-10-20 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 9 | Constitutional Amendment - States that, with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Provides that no person shall be deprived of life by any person. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-137 | 94 | sjres | 137 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure the right of students to attend their neighborhood public schools. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-10-07 | 1975-10-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] | TX | R | T000322 | 8 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the right of students to attend the public school nearest their place of residency shall not be denied or abridged for reasons of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-122 | 94 | sjres | 122 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect on the length of the term of office of the President and Vice President and the number of terms a President may serve. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-08-01 | 1975-08-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the President and Vice President of the United States shall hold such office for a single term of six years. Makes such article applicable to Presidents and Vice Presidents elected after the date on which this article is ratified. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-93 | 94 | sjres | 93 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that, except in time of war or economic emergency declared by the Congress, expenditures of the Government may not exceed the revenues of the Government during any fiscal year. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-06-10 | 1975-06-10 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] | GA | D | T000035 | 6 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, except in time of war or economic emergency declared by the Congress, expenditures of the Government may not exceed the revenues of the Government during any fiscal year. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-64 | 94 | sjres | 64 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-03-21 | 1975-03-21 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - States that nothing contained in the U.S. Constitution shall abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled to participate in voluntary prayer in any public school or building which is supported by public funds. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-60 | 94 | sjres | 60 | A Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to open admissions to public schools. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-03-18 | 1975-03-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall be assigned, transferred, or otherwise compelled to attend any school on account of his race, color, creed, or national origin. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-55 | 94 | sjres | 55 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the balancing of the budget. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-03-12 | 1975-03-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] | NE | R | C001006 | 8 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, on or before the fifteenth day after the beginning of each regular session of the Congress, the President shall transmit to the Congress a budget which shall set forth separately: (1) his estimate of the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during the ensuing fiscal year under the laws then existing; (2) his recommendations with respect to outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such ensuing fiscal year; and (3) if such recommendations exceed such estimate, a surtax rate which the President determines to be necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers to those portions of taxable years of the taxpayers occurring during such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the first quarter of each fiscal year, and during the third quarter of each fiscal year to: (1) estimate the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during such fiscal year; (2) estimate outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such fiscal year; and (3) (A) if such estimate of outlays exceeds such estimate of receipts, determine a surtax rate which the Speaker considers necessary to be applied, with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers remaining in such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays; or (B) if such estimate of outlays equals such estimate of receipts, determine that no surtax rate is necessary to be applied. Directs the President during the last month of each fiscal year to review whether the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, for such year will be less than the outlays other than trust funds for that fiscal year. Provides that if he finds that such receipts are going to be less than such outlays, he shall determine a surtax rate which he consideres necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, so that taxes received by th… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-40 | 94 | sjres | 40 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to freedom from forced assignment to schools or jobs because of race, creed, or color. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-02-28 | 1975-02-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] | VA | R | S000189 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school. States that no public school teacher or other public employee of the United States or of one of the several States or political subdivisions thereof shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to work at any particular job or location. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-31 | 94 | sjres | 31 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to prayer in public schools. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-02-12 | 1975-02-12 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - States that no provision of the Constitution shall abridge the freedom of persons to pray. Allows persons to engage in voluntary, nondenominational prayer in all public buildings and public schools. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-29 | 94 | sjres | 29 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to guarantee the human rights of pupils attending public schools. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-02-07 | 1975-02-07 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - States that no public school pupil shall be transported to a particular school because of his or her race, color, national origin, creed, or sex. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-24 | 94 | sjres | 24 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the participation in nondenominational prayers in any building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-02-03 | 1975-02-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] | VA | R | S000189 | 0 | Constitutional amendment - allows persons lawfully assembled in any public building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds to participate in nondenominational prayer. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-26 | 94 | sjres | 26 | A joint resolution proposing modification of the twenty-fifth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-02-03 | 1975-02-03 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Pastore, John O. [D-RI] | RI | D | P000100 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that if an individual takes the office of Vice President under the provisions of the twenty-fifth amendment and subsequently becomes President under that amendment at a time when more than twelve months remain in the term of the President, then there shall be a special election for the offices of President and Vice President, and the twenty-fifth amendment shall not apply to the vacancy in the office of the Vice President caused by such individual becoming President. Provides that such individual shall serve as President only until a President elected in such special election takes the oath of office of President. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in addition to his duties as Speaker, to act as Vice President, and to perform the duties of that office, with one exception that the President pro tempore of the Senate shall serve as President of the Senate with voting privileges, until a Vice President elected in such special election takes the oath of office, and in the event the Senate shall be equally divided, the Secretary of State may cast a vote to break the tie. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-19 | 94 | sjres | 19 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish maximum age limits for certain officers of the Government. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-28 | 1975-01-28 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person who has attained the age of seventy years shall be appointed to be a judge of the United States. Requires that within thirty days after attaining seventy years of age, any judge of the United States shall retire from regular active service. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-16 | 94 | sjres | 16 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the reconfirmation of judges after a term of 8 years. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-27 | 1976-08-31 | Placed on calendar in Senate. | Senate | Sen. Byrd, Harry F., Jr. [I-VA] | VA | I | B001209 | 7 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires each judge of the Supreme Court and each judge of an interior court established by Congress under the U.S. Constitution to hold his office during good behavior for terms of eight years. Provides that during the eighth year of each term of office of any such judge, his nomination for an additional term of office for the judgeship which he holds shall be placed before the Senate in the manner provided by the law, for the advice and consent of the Senate to such additional term, unless that judge requests that his nomination not be so placed. Allows any judge whose nomination for an additional term of office is so placed before the Senate to remain in office until the Senate gives its advice and consent to, or rejects, such nomination. Provides that if the Senate gives it advice and consent to an additional term of office, that term shall commence from the date of such advice and consent, or the day immediately following the last day of his prior term of office, whichever is later. | 2024-08-01T19:34:16Z | |
| 94-sjres-10 | 94 | sjres | 10 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-23 | 1975-01-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 7 | Constitutional Amendment - States that, with respect to the right to life, the word 'person,' as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States, applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause death of the mother. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-11 | 94 | sjres | 11 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-23 | 1975-01-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] | NY | R | B001026 | 4 | Constitutional Amendment - States that, with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Provides that no person shall be deprived of life by any person. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-14 | 94 | sjres | 14 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the continuance in office of judges of the Supreme Court and of inferior courts. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-23 | 1975-01-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA] | VA | R | S000189 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that notwithstanding section I of article III of the Constitution, unless the President nominates and the Senate consents to the continuance in office of a judge of the Supreme Court or of an inferior court ordained and established by Congress, a judge may not hold office for more than ten years after: (1) he took office; (2) the Senate last consented to his continuance in office; or (3) the ratification of this article, whichever last occurs. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-6 | 94 | sjres | 6 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of life to the unborn. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-17 | 1975-01-17 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - States that with respect to the right to life guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution, every human being subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or of any State, shall be deemed, from the moment of fertilization, to be a person and entitled to the right to life. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 94-sjres-1 | 94 | sjres | 1 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President of the United States. | Constitutional amendments | 1975-01-15 | 1975-01-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] | IN | D | B000254 | 49 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President. Provides that each voter shall cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. States that the persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President having the greatest number of votes shall be elected President and Vice President, if such number be at least 40 percent of the total number of votes cast. Stipulates that if, after such election, none of the persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President is elected, the Congress shall assemble in special session and choose immediately, from the two pairs of persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President who received the highest numbers of votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. States that the Congress may by law provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice-President-elect. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-255 | 93 | sjres | 255 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the strengthening of the system of checks and balances between the legislative and executive branches of the Government as envisioned by the Constitution with respect to the enactment and execution of the laws and the accountability to the people of the executive as well as the legislative branches of the Government. | Constitutional amendments | 1974-11-18 | 1974-11-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] | ME | D | H000346 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that if Congress determines by a two-thirds vote of the Senate and of the House of Representatives that the President has been unfaithful to the powers and duties conferred on him or has exceeded his authority under the Constitution, or has permitted the rights of citizens to be violated, or has lost the confidence of the people so that he can no longer effectively discharge his office, the Congress may enact a law not requiring Presidential signature which shall provide for a special election of the President and Vice President within 90 days. Stipulates that the special election of the President and Vice President shall be by direct popular vote. States that the provisions of this article shall not affect the operation of the twenty-second amendment to this Constitution. Provides that the incumbent President and Vice President shall be eligible to be renominated as candidates of their respective political party for reelection and, if reelected, shall be considered as continuing to fulfill the term of office for which originally serving upon the enactment of the legislation under this article. Requires that if persons other than the incumbents are elected in the special election, such persons elected shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired terms of the incumbents. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-241 | 93 | sjres | 241 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to congressional disapproval of Presidential pardons. | Constitutional amendments | 1974-09-18 | 1974-09-18 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN] | MN | D | M000851 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no pardon granted to an individual by the President under section 2 of article II of the U.S. Constitution shall be effective if two-thirds of each House of the Congress disapproves the granting of the pardon within one hundred and eighty days of its issuance. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-239 | 93 | sjres | 239 | A joint resolution amending the pardon power of the President under the Constitution. | Constitutional amendments | 1974-09-16 | 1974-09-16 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to clause 1 section 2 of article 2 of the U.S. Constitution (relating to the pardoning powers of the President), the President shall have the power to act only after an individual has been convicted of offenses against the United States and sentenced therefor. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-226 | 93 | sjres | 226 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish maximum age limit for Federal judges. | Constitutional amendments | 1974-07-22 | 1974-07-22 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000200 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - States that no person who has attained the age of seventy years shall be appointed to be a judge of the United States. Stipulates that upon attaining seventy-five years of age, any judge of the United States shall retire from regular active service. Provides that any such judge who holds a judgeship on the date this article is ratified may continue in regular active service after attaining seventy-five years of age for as long as may be necessary for him to qualify to receive the salary of his office upon resignation or retirement from regular active service. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-172 | 93 | sjres | 172 | Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for a special election for the office of President and Vice President when an individual who has been appointed Vice President succeeds to the Presidency. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-11-15 | 1973-11-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Pastore, John O. [D-RI] | RI | D | P000100 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a special election for the office of President and Vice President when an individual who has been appointed Vice President succeeds to the Presidency if more than 12 months remain in the term of the President. States that such individual shall serve as President only until a President elected in such special election takes office as President. Provides that the terms of office of the President and Vice President as set forth in the Twentieth Amendment shall not be affected by the provisions of this Amendment. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-167 | 93 | sjres | 167 | Joint resolution to amend the Constitution relative to silent prayer or mediation in the public schools and public buildings. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-10-30 | 1973-10-30 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Schweiker, Richard S. [R-PA] | PA | R | S000159 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the U.S. Constitution shall prohibit the states from providing for silent prayer or meditation in public schools or buildings. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-137 | 93 | sjres | 137 | Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to eligibility for the Office of President and Vice President. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-07-23 | 1973-07-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Fong, Hiram L. [R-HI] | HI | R | F000245 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - States that a person who is a citizen of the United States shall be eligible to the Office of President if he has been a resident of the United States for a total of at least fourteen years at any time preceding the date on which commences the term of office for which he is elected, and if he is otherwise eligible to such office. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-122 | 93 | sjres | 122 | Joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow voluntary prayer or meditation. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-06-15 | 1973-06-15 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA] | GA | D | T000035 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - States that nothing contained in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons lawfully asssembled, in any public building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds to participate in voluntary prayer or meditation. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-116 | 93 | sjres | 116 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the minimum age qualifications of Representatives and Senators. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-05-23 | 1973-05-23 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] | AK | R | S000888 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Reduces the minimum age qualification for a Representative to twenty-two years. Reduces the minimum age qualification for a Senator to twenty-seven years. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-101 | 93 | sjres | 101 | Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the nomination of individuals for election to the offices of the President and Vice President of the United States, and to the direct popular election of such officers. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-05-02 | 1973-05-02 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bellmon, Henry L. [R-OK] | OK | R | B000351 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Vests the executive power in a President of the United States of America. States that he shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected as provided by this Constitution. Recongnizes the existence of political parties, whose membership consists of citizens voluntarily associated together for the purpose of selecting and electing candidates for political office in the United States. Provides that the two political parties with which the greatest number of Members of the Congress are affiliated are authorized to nominate candidates for President and Vice President as herein provided. Provides that the official candidates for President of political parties shall be nominated in a national primary election by direct popular vote of the qualified voters in each State who shall be eligible to vote only in the primary of the party of their registered affiliation. States that Congress shall provide by law the time, place, and manner for the certification of persons as candidates for nomination for President. Provides that no person shall be a candidate for nomination of President except in the primary of the party of his registered affiliation, and his name shall be on that party's ballot in all the States if he shall have filed a valid petition at the seat of the Government of the United States. Provides that each political party for which, in accordance with this article, a presidential candidate shall have been nominated, shall nominate a candidate for Vice President who shall be the official candidate of such party for Vice President throughout the United States. Provides that the President and Vice President of the United States shall be elected at a general election by direct popular vote of the qualified voters of each State. Provides that the persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President having the greatest number of votes shall be elected President and Vice President. Provides that the p… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 93-sjres-100 | 93 | sjres | 100 | Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish maximum age limits for certain officers of the Government. | Constitutional amendments | 1973-05-01 | 1973-05-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a maximum age limit of seventy for any United States judge, Senator, or Representative. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z |
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