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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 19, 2016 01:34 PM |
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| From: | Senator Scott Wagner |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | The Regulation Freedom Amendment |
| In the near future, I plan on introducing a concurrent resolution urging Congress to ratify the “Regulation Freedom” amendment to the United States Constitution. The “Regulation Freedom” amendment to the United States Constitution would read 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." The purpose of this resolution is to limit the growth and potential abuse of federal regulatory authorities which threaten our Constitutional liberties, including those guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments to our Constitution. Currently, there is no oversight of federal regulators by the people, nor their elected representatives. The intention of this resolution is to ask Congress to hold federal regulators accountable to the people through their elected representatives. This resolution is not calling for a Constitutional Convention of States’, but that Congress purpose a Constitutional amendment similar to House Resolution 427 the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015, known as the “REINS Act” which passed the United States House of Representatives with bi-partisan support 243 to 165 on July 28, 2015. H.R. 427 would require any executive branch rule or regulation with an annual economic impact of $100 million or more to come before Congress for an up-or-down vote before being enacted. Though if enacted, the “REINS Act” could be repealed or waived by a future Congress and President, whereas, an amendment to the United States Constitution does not require the President’s approval and cannot be waived by a future Congress nor President. Therefore, this resolution urges Congress to ratify the “Regulation Freedom” amendment to the United States Constitution as to hold our federal regulators more accountable to the people, through their elected representatives in Congress. Please join me in co-sponsoring and supporting this concurrent resolution for the “Regulation Freedom” amendment. Thank You. |
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Introduced as SR278