Idaho - House Joint Memorial No. 1

 

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         Rep.Tom Dayley [R]

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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Sixty-third Legislature First Regular Session – 2015

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 1

 

BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 

A JOINT MEMORIAL TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

 

 

We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Sixty-third Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:

 

 

WHEREAS, the growth and abuse of federal regulatory authority threatens our constitutional liberties, including those guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments of our Constitution; and

 

WHEREAS, federal regulators must be more accountable to elected representatives of the people and not immune from such accountability; and

 

WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives has passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act to require that Congress approve major new federal regulations before they can take effect; and

 

WHEREAS, even if enacted, a law may be repealed or waived by a future Congress and President; and

 

WHEREAS, an amendment to the United States Constitution does not require the President's approval and cannot be waived by a future Congress and President.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session of the Sixty-third Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the Senate concurring therein, that we hereby urge that the United States Congress vote to propose the Regulation Freedom Amendment to the United States Constitution as follows:

 

Whenever one quarter of the members of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate transmits to the President their written declaration of opposition to a proposed federal regulation, it shall require a majority vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate to adopt that regulation.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.