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