Sponsors:
Senate
Sen.Mark Norris [R]
Sen.Mike Bell [R]
Sen.Bo Watson [R]
Sen.Mark Green [R]
Sen. Ken Yager [R]
SJR0002
000431
By Norris
A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to propose a certain
constitutional amendment relative to the regulatory authority of the executive branch.
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 of the United
States Constitution; and
WHEREAS, federal regulators must be held more accountable to
elected representatives of the people, not immune from such accountability; and
WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence decried the
imposition by the central government of “an absolute tyranny over these states”
and a central government that “erected a multitude of New Offices and sent
hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People and eat out their Substance”;
and
WHEREAS, states too often find themselves in a similar
position today; and
WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives has
passed with bipartisan support the “Regulations From the Executive in Need of
Scrutiny Act of 2013,” known as the “REINS” Act, to require that Congress
approve major new federal regulations before such regulations take effect; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has
unfortunately shown no inclination to sign the REINS Act if it were passed by
both Houses of Congress; and
WHEREAS, even if enacted, a law may be repealed by a future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not require the President’s approval and cannot be repealed by a future
Congress and President; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING,
that this General Assembly hereby urges the United States Congress to propose
the “Regulation Freedom Amendment” to the Constitution of the United States as follows:
Whenever one-quarter of the Members of the United States House
of Representatives or the United States Senate transmit to the President their
written declaration of opposition to a proposed federal regulation, it shall
require a majority vote of the House and Senate to adopt that regulation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this
resolution be delivered to the presiding officers of each house of the
legislatures of each state in the Union, the Secretary of State of each state,
the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
each member of the Tennessee Congressional delegation, and the federal Administrator
of General Services.
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