Sponsor:
Senate
Sen.
Ed Emery [R]
Whereas, the
growth and abuse of federal regulatory authority threaten our constitutional liberties,
including those guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the First, Second, Fourth, and
Fifth Amendments to 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 with bipartisan support 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if enacted, a law may be repealed or waived by a future Congress and President:
Now Therefore
Be It Resolved that the members of the Missouri Senate, Ninety-eighth General Assembly,
First Regular Session, the House of Representatives concurring therein, 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.”; and
Be It Further
Resolved that the Secretary of the Missouri Senate be instructed to prepare properly
inscribed copies of this resolution for the President and Secretary of the
United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of
Representatives, and each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.
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