Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to a national referendum process.

Johnny Olszewski, Jr.

Democrat · MD · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-10-22

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.J. Res. 220 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 220 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to a national referendum process. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 22, 2026 Mr. Olszewski submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to a national referendum process. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: ``Article-- ``Section 1. The people shall have the right to enact any law which the Congress has authority to pass, except that the people shall not have the right to declare war, grant letters of marquee and reprisal, make rules concerning captures on land and water, call forth the militia, allocate appropriations or enact constitutional amendments. ``Section 2. A petition proposing the enactment of a law, or the repeal of a provision of law, shall be submitted to an officer of the U.S. House of Representatives and an officer of the U.S. Senate. Each petition shall contain the text of the proposed law, or, in the case of a proposed repeal of a provision of law, the text of the provision of law that shall cease to be effective if repealed under this article. Each petition shall be signed by at least 5 percent of the whole number of people, in each of at least 25 States, who voted in the most recent election for President, or for electors for President, occurring before the date on which the petition is submitted to the officers designated by Congress, and the total number of signatures on such petition shall be at least 5 percent of the whole number of people, from all of the several States, who voted in such an election. All such signatures shall be collected within the 18-month period ending on the date the petition is submitted to the officers designated by the Congress. Not later than 90 days after the date that a petition is submitted to the officers designated by the Congress, such officers shall determine the validity of the signatures contained in the petition. If the petition is deemed constitutionally compliant and contains the required number of valid signatures, the officers shall certify the petition and shall direct the chief executive officer in each State to place a copy of the proposed law, or provision of law proposed to be repealed, contained in the petition on the ballot in the next election in accordance with section 25 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 7) which is held at least 120 days after such certification. The Congress shall by law establish procedures for the preparation and submission of any such petition and for the validation of signatures on such petition. ``Section 3. If a law or repeal proposed under this article receives at least 60 percent of the number of the qualified voters voting thereon, the proposed law or repeal shall be enacted and take effect according to its terms and shall not be presented to the President for signature, veto, or…

approval. The Congress may not, during the 2-year period beginning on the date on which a law enacted by the people under this article takes effect, or the date on which a law repealed by the people under this article ceases to be effective, repeal or amend a law so enacted, or reenact any part of a law so repealed, except by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress. ``Section 4. The people in each State voting under this article shall have the qualification requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. The Congress shall by law prescribe the manner in which the results of the voting conducted under this article shall be ascertained and declared.''. <all>

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