United States Government
Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Federal immigration training and enforcement authority; supporting Governor's §287(g) request. [HR-10]
Supporting the Governor's §287(g) request. Urges the President of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Security to honor Virginia's request to enter into a §287(g) memorandum of agreement extending specific, limited federal immigration training and enforcement authority to the Virginia Department of State Police.
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School prayer and prayer in public meetings, public voluntary; urges Congress to propose amendment. [HJR-94]
Memorializing Congress; voluntary school prayer and prayer in public meetings. Memorializes the United States Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow for voluntary public school prayer and public prayer.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
National Women's History Museum; Congress to support establishing in Washington, D.C. [HJR-91]
Memorializing Congress. Memorializes Congress to support the establishment of a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the work in establishing Fort Monroe National Monument. [HJR-376]
Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority, Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park, Hampton City Council, Governor of Virginia, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Preservation Virginia, and the National Park Service for their work in establishing Fort Monroe National Monument.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority. [HJR-314]
Commending the work of the Fort Monroe Authority, Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park, Hampton City Council, Governor of Virginia, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and National Park Service for their work in establishing the Fort Monroe National Monument.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Wetlands; DEQ to study benefits and costs of seeking authority from USEPA to administer program. [HJR-243]
Study; state regulation of wetlands; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study the benefits and costs of seeking authority from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to administer the § 404 permitting program under the federal Clean Water Act.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Defined contribution pension; Va. Congressional Delegation urged to oppose for U.S. Armed Forces. [HJR-229]
Memorializing the Virginia Congressional Delegation. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly in urging the Virginia Congressional Delegation to oppose the enactment of a 401(k)-style defined contribution pension for the members of the United States Armed Forces.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
U.S. Constitution; Congress of U.S. to report to states on all pending applications. [HJR-228]
Memorializing the Congress of the United States. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the Congress be requested to report to the states on all pending applications submitted by the states to call a convention to amend the United States Constitution pursuant to Article V.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
National energy policy; urging President of U.S. and Congress of U.S. to adopt. [HJR-227]
Memorializing the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to adopt a national energy policy. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the President and the Congress adopt a national energy policy that supports the responsible exploration for and development of all of this nation's diverse energy resources in order to secure abundant supplies of affordable, reliable energy for our economic recovery and future prosperity.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Chincoteague, Town of; U.S. Department of Interior urged to oppose federal purchase of land. [HJR-226]
Town of Chincoteague. Memorializes the U.S. Department of the Interior to oppose the federal purchase of land within the Town of Chincoteague.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Highway and monorail transportation, combined; Congress to support funding for hybrid systems, etc. [HJR-185]
Memorializing Congress; support of hybrid systems of combined highway and monorail transportation methods. Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the Congress of the United States should support a federal funding grant for development of new technology, hybrid systems of combined highway and monorail transportation methods, and an amendment to 23 U.S.C. § 111(a), Agreements Relating to Use of and Access to Rights-of-Way, Interstate System.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Unfunded federal mandates; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study. [HJR-141]
Study; JLARC; unfunded federal mandates; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the impact of unfunded federal mandates in the Commonwealth. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall report its findings by July 1, 2012.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
U.S. Constitution; application to Congress to call constitutional convention. [HJR-135]
United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation that requires the appropriation of money by any state by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures. The resolution states that the application would be revoked and withdrawn if the convention acts to amend the Constitution for any purpose other than consideration of the proposed amendment.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
United States Constitution; urging Congress to honor state sovereignty under Tenth Amendment. [HJR-130]
State sovereignty; Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Urges Congress to honor state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and claims sovereignty for the Commonwealth under the Tenth Amendment over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
TMDL; Attorney General to explore challenge to constitutionality of regulations by USEPA. [HJR-129]
Resolution; requesting the Attorney General to explore a challenge to the constitutionality of federal TMDL regulations; report. Requests the Attorney General of Virginia to explore a challenge to the constitutionality of certain Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) regulations adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Chesapeake Bay. The resolution asserts that the TMDL regulations, which are binding upon Virginia localities releasing storm waters and treated waste waters into tributaries of the Bay, essentially constitute an
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
United States Constitution; General Assembly of Va. to ratify and affirm Equal Rights Amendment. [HJR-115]
United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
United States Constitution; urges Congress to propose an amendment to impose a balance budget. [HJR-109]
Memorializing Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to impose a balanced budget requirement. Expresses the General Assembly's support for a balanced budget amendment and urges Congress to submit such an amendment to the states for ratification in order to promote fiscal integrity at the federal level.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
National Women's History Museum; supports creation thereof on National Mall in Washington, D.C. [HJR-106]
National Women's History Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Supports the creation of a National Women's History Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to recognize and honor the contributions and achievements of women in the United States. The Clerk of the House of Delegates is requested to send a copy of the resolution to the members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation, requesting their support for the museum.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
United States Constitution; applies to Congress to call an amendment convention. [HJR-102]
United States Constitution; amendment. Makes application to the United States Congress to call an amendment convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment that provides limits on terms of service in the Congress.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Public policy issues; meetings with U.S. Senate members of Va. Congressional Delegation & State. [HJR-101]
Meetings between the United States Senate members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation and members of the Virginia General Assembly. Invites the United States Senate members of the Virginia Congressional Delegation to address the Virginia General Assembly in joint session to discuss public policy issues within the domains of federal and state governments.