Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 - Introduced PAG LIN S.C.R. ________ H.C.R. ________ 1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY MCKINLEY 1 3 A Concurrent Resolution claiming state sovereignty 1 4 under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of 1 5 the United States over certain mandates imposed on 1 6 states by the federal government. 1 7 WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of 1 8 the United States reads as follows: 1 9 "The powers not delegated to the United States by 1 10 the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, 1 11 are reserved to the States respectively, or to the 1 12 people."; and 1 13 WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total 1 14 scope of federal power as being that specifically 1 15 granted by the Constitution of the United States and 1 16 no more; and 1 17 WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled 1 18 that Congress may not simply commandeer the 1 19 legislative and regulatory processes of the states; 1 20 and 1 21 WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth 1 22 Amendment means that the federal government was 1 23 created by the states specifically to be an agent of 1 24 the states; and 1 25 WHEREAS, today, the states are demonstrably treated 1 26 as agents of the federal government; and 1 27 WHEREAS, many federal mandates on the states are 1 28 directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the 1 29 Constitution of the United States; NOW THEREFORE, 1 30 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF 2 1 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the State of Iowa 2 2 hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to 2 3 the Constitution of the United States over all powers 2 4 not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal 2 5 government by the Constitution of the United States; 2 6 and 2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General 2 8 Assembly demands that the federal government, as its 2 9 agent, cease and desist, effective immediately, 2 10 enacting federal mandates on the states that are 2 11 beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated 2 12 powers; and 2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this 2 14 resolution be sent to the President of the United 2 15 States, the President of the United States Senate, the 2 16 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 2 17 and each member of Iowa's congressional delegation. 2 18 LSB 1150SS 83 2 19 ec/rj/5