Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1		By: Hughes S.C.R. No. 47
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 20, 2017; April 4, 2017, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 8, 2017,
	4	+	reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1;
	5	+	May 8, 2017, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	10		WHEREAS, Overreaching regulatory policies mandated by the
6	11		federal government encroach upon liberties guaranteed to United
7	12		States citizens by the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments
8	13		enumerated in the Bill of Rights; and
9	14		WHEREAS, In January 2017, the United States House of
10	15		Representatives passed the Regulations From the Executive in Need
11	16		of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, which requires that congressional approval
12	17		be obtained prior to the execution of new major regulations; even if
13	18		enacted, however, that law is vulnerable to repeal or waiver by a
14	19		future Congress or president; and
15	20		WHEREAS, States today have little recourse when the
16	21		government in Washington, D.C., oversteps its authority; the only
17	22		way to contest a federal regulation is to bring a constitutional
18	23		challenge in federal court or to seek an amendment to the
19	24		constitution; and
20	25		WHEREAS, Passage of a regulation freedom amendment would help
21	26		restore constitutional balance by providing that whenever
22	27		one-fourth of the members of either the United States House of
23	28		Representatives or the United States Senate transmit to the
24	29		president of the United States a written declaration of opposition
25	30		to a proposed federal regulation, the regulation would require a
26	31		majority vote of approval from both chambers for adoption; and
27	32		WHEREAS, A regulation freedom amendment would reestablish
28	33		the separation of powers in the regulatory process and allow the
29	34		will of the people to be voiced through their democratically
30	35		elected representatives; now, therefore, be it
31	36		RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
32	37		hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
33	38		propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation
34	39		freedom amendment to the United States Constitution; and, be it
35	40		further
36	41		RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
37	42		copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
38	43		the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
39	44		Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
40	45		members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
41	46		this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
42	47		memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
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