Archive: Federalism

  • Resolution Demanding that Congress Convey Title of Federal Public Lands to the States March 15, 2013

    Resolution Demanding that Congress Convey Title of Federal Public Lands to the States Summary This resolution urges the US federal government to extinguish title and government jurisdiction over public lands that are held in trust by the US federal government [...]

  • Resolution for Limitations on Authority of state Delegates to a ‘Convention for Proposing Amendments’ under Article V of the US Constitution March 15, 2013

    Limitations on Authority Of [insert state] Delegates to a “Convention for Proposing Amendments” (Article V, United States of America Constitution) Summary The purpose of this resolution is to place limits on the delegates appointed to a Constitutional Convention called under [...]

  • Resolution Requesting that the Federal Government Confer and Consult with the States on Management of Public Lands and Energy Resources March 15, 2013

    Resolution Requesting that the Federal Government Confer and Consult with the States on Management of Public Lands and Energy Resources Summary This Resolution requests that Congress and the Administration acknowledge and respect the role of states in a federal constitutional [...]

  • State Power to Regulate Lending Act March 15, 2013

    State Power to Regulate Lending Act Summary The State Power to Regulate Lending Act preempts local ordinances enacted by a political subdivision of this state that govern the originating, granting, servicing or collecting of loans. It prohibits political subdivisions from [...]

  • Resolution Reaffirming Tenth Amendment Rights March 15, 2013

     Resolution Reaffirming Tenth Amendment Rights Summary The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States limits the power of the federal government and holds that the federal government was established by the states to be an agent of the [...]

  • Congressional Delegate Mandate Constitution Act March 15, 2013

    Congressional Delegate Mandate Constitution Act Summary Unfunded federal mandates on state and local governments have become a tremendous financial burden. It has been estimated that during the 1990s, state and local governments will spend more than $200 billion to comply [...]

  • Madison Amendment March 15, 2013

    Madison Amendment Summary Without making any change to the structure of the Constitution of the United States of America, the Madison Amendment guarantees that states have the power to limit the scope of an Article V Convention to just a [...]

  • Conditional Federal Funds Control Act March 15, 2013

    Conditional Federal Funds Control Act Summary     The purpose of this legislation is to coordinate the acceptance of federal conditional funds among the several states. Conditional federal fund programs (such as Medicaid) now account for 40 percent of the average [...]

  • Constitutional Amendment Requiring State Approval for Increases in Federal Debt March 15, 2013

      Constitutional Amendment Requiring State Approval for Increases in Federal Debt             Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United States provides authority for a  Convention to be called by the Congress of the United States for the purpose [...]

  • Omnibus Concurrent Resolution March 15, 2013

    OMNIBUS CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Summary This resolution contemplates two congressional legislative acts (the Article V convention call, ratification selection), condensing them into one counterpart federal legislative act and is a companion bill to the Draft Compact for America. Model Resolution ____ [...]