Archive: state sovereignty

  • State Sovereignty for Air Quality and Visibility Act March 15, 2013

     Section 1. {Statement of Purpose} As part of the State of {state}’s ongoing development and implementation of a long-term strategy in connection with visibility and air quality related values within class I areas, the Department________ shall evaluate the extent to [...]

  • State Sovereignty through Local Coordination Act March 15, 2013

    Legislation  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of {insert state}: Section 1. Title __, chapter ___, article ___, ________ Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section ________, to read: Federal Regulations; Local Coordination for Cities, Towns, Counties, [...]

  • 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 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 [...]

  • Resolution to Retain State Authority over Hydraulic Fracturing March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, Hydraulic fracturing is a proven technology with a long history of environmentally safe use in the completion of oil and gas wells; and WHEREAS, The oil and gas producing States regulate hydraulic fracturing as a component of their regulatory [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 ____ [...]

  • Resolution to Retain State Sovereignty over Instrastate Water Resources March 15, 2013

    WHEREAS, the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution preserves powers not delegated to the federal government for the states, establishing federalism and state sovereignty as integral founding principles of American government; and  WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court in [...]

  • Compact for America: Balanced Budget Amendment March 15, 2013

    Compact for America: Balanced Budget Amendment Summary The Compact for America initiative condenses four state legislative acts (the Article V application, delegate appointment, prohibition on an invalid convention conducted without authority, ratification) into one legislative act – the Compact for [...]