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HJRES 46 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Constitution and constitutional amendments Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the several States to nullify a law or regulation of the United States.

Introduced: March 3, 2011 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 3, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 3, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Nullifies a U.S. law or regulation if the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states approve resolutions to nullify it and deems any portion of another law or regulation amended by it to read as if it had not been enacted.

What's happening now March 21, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 46: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the several States to nullify a law or regulation of the United States.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-46/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 46: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the several States to nullify a law or regulation of the United States.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-46/.
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H.J. Res. 46, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-46/.
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[H.J. Res. 46: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the several States to nullify a law or regulation of the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HJRES-46/)
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