Bill Text: PA HR436 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Designating October 10, 2011, as "Tenth Amendment Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-05 - Adopted (200-0) [HR436 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR436-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  2505

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

No.

436

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, OCTOBER 5, 2011

  

  

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 5, 2011  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Designating October 10, 2011, as "Tenth Amendment Day" in

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Pennsylvania.

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WHEREAS, While Federal interests and initiatives continually

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evolve, certain powers are reserved and rights guaranteed to

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states and individuals under specific constitutional provisions;

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and

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WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the

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United States, also known as the States' Rights Amendment,

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reads:

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The powers not delegated to the United States by the

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Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are

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reserved to the States respectively, or to the people;

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and

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WHEREAS, This Constitutional amendment, the final amendment

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in the Bill of Rights, was proposed by the Congress of the

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United States on September 25, 1789, and ratified by the states

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on December 15, 1791; and

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WHEREAS, The Commonwealth has asserted its sovereignty under

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the Tenth Amendment over all powers not otherwise enumerated or

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granted to the Federal Government by the Constitution of the

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United States, such as education and local government; and

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WHEREAS, The Commonwealth retains authority over its

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legislative and regulatory processes in exercising these

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reserved powers and shares certain powers with the Federal

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Government; and

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WHEREAS, The Commonwealth opposes the imposition of Federal

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mandates which are beyond the scope of constitutionally

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delegated powers; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate October

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10, 2011, as "Tenth Amendment Day" in Pennsylvania, setting

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aside the tenth day of the tenth month to celebrate the

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importance of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the

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United States in shaping the governmental, political and

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administrative systems of this Commonwealth.

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