This Part Added To Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7.
Clause 7a. Congress may by law privatize all or part of the United States Postal Service.
This Part Supersedes Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17.
Clause 17. To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of one or more States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States. Any land within the district shall consist only of land owned by the Federal Government and all other privately owned or non-Federal public land shall be returned to the State that originally ceded the district. And to exercise like authority over all places purchased with the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful facilities and buildings. The Federal Government shall never own title to any real property which is not specifically authorized by this Constitution such as parks, forests, dams, waterways, and grazing areas without the consent of the State where same is located.
This Part Added To Article 1, Section 8.
The Congress shall have the power-
Clause 19. To make laws that mandate non-heterosexual orientation to be grounds for denying or removing from membership within the Armed Forces, militias, and other military reserve forces that Congress may by law provide for;
Clause 20. To make laws that prohibit women from combat where they would be required to seek out, close with, and destroy an enemy. Women shall be excluded from all combat aircraft, warships, direct front-line combat, special-elite Military forces, and combat support units that has a high risk of direct contact with an enemy;
Clause 21. To fund a system of tax free pensions and allowances, hospitals, clinics, and domiciliaries for retired or disabled members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
Clause 22. To make all employment rules and regulations for Federal Civil Service employees to include the setting of wages and employee benefits; workplace health, safety, and retirement policies; and all other employer powers and duties as Congress may by law provide for but shall not have the power to enforce such laws on non-Federal public or private employers, employees, and workplaces, and;
Clause 23. To prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. The United States, any State, or any political subdivision shall not have the power to restrict, regulate, or prohibit the safe, proper, and respectful display of the Flag of the United States in any manner or in any public place.
This Part Added To Article 1.
Section 11.
Clause 1. Proposed restrictions on or taking of land and other real property owned, restricted, or controlled by the United States may be claimed or challenged by the State where it is located. If the United States cannot justify ownership as vital to the national defense or to carry out the duties of this Constitution, the property shall not be taken or returned to the State or sold at an agreed amount with the proceeds being deposited in the Treasury.
Clause 2. The Congress or any State shall not levy any tax or fee on any person's income from, or contribution-earnings or payments to any public or private education, retirement, pension, or health-care system. Any premiums or tuition paid by employers, Unions, or any person for their own or dependent's education, health, retirement and pension systems will be fully immune from all taxes. State Legislatives may by law regulate and set standards and protections for retirement, pension, and health systems.
Clause 3. The United States nor any State or political subdivision shall issue any type of permit or license with an expiration date greater than the expiration date on a foreign visitor's visa.
This Part Added To Article 1.
Section 12.
Clause 1. If any non-tax or non-penalty action by the Federal or State Government or any of its agencies or political subdivisions reduces the fair market value of real or personal private property in the State, the owner of said property shall have a claim against the Federal or State Government or relevant Agency or political subdivision for compensation for such loss, except that no compensation shall be required as follows:
Clause 2. If the action results merely in a diminution of the value of the property but does not otherwise destroy, damage, trespass upon, or take the property or prohibit any rightful use of the property; or
Clause 3. If the action prohibits uses of the property that are injurious or potentially injurious to others or to the public, as defined by zoning laws, common law, statute, regulation, or rule, provided that such injurious or potentially injurious uses shall not be construed to include uses the prohibition of which would confer a benefit on others or on the public, for which compensation is required under this Section; or
Clause 4. If the action produces benefits to the owner equivalent to or greater than any loss to the owner as determined by the fair market value of the property before and after the action.
Clause 5. This Section applies to all non-tax and all non-penalty statutes, regulations, rules, administrative decisions, and judicial.
Clause 6. This Section shall be enforced through administrative procedure, suit at law, or both, at the option of the owner. All enforcement costs, including attorney's fees, shall be borne by the State or the relevant Agency or political subdivision, except that an owner who does not prevail in a final action for compensation shall bear their own enforcement costs and a pro-rata share of any administrative or court costs, and an owner who does not prevail in an action for an increase in a previously adjudicated compensation award shall bear the like costs in the same proportion for any such subsequent actions.
This Part Added To Article 1.
Section 13.
The Congress or any State shall not -
Clause 1. Pass any laws that infringes on a person's right to work and the choice to join or not to join a Labor Union. A non-Union member in a unionized workplace can be required by contract to pay to the Union only the costs of collective bargaining and representation, which must be clearly stated in the collective bargaining agreement. Members of a Labor Union shall have the power to decide if any part of their dues paid will be used for political activity by their Union. Federal Civil Service employees Union activity shall be regulated as Congress may by law provide for:
Clause 2. Require any language other than English to be the official language of the United States and any place subject to its jurisdiction and shall be used for all public acts including every order, resolution, vote, or election, and for all records and judicial proceedings of the Government of the United States and the Governments of the several States. This clause does not prohibit other languages for cultural, educational, or social functions. Resident aliens applying for Citizenship must be able to understand, read, write, and communicate in the English language except for valid medical reasons that Congress may by law provide for:
Clause 3. Enumerate or classify any individual by race, sex, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, or national origin for any purpose nor shall require the same as a criterion for discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group for any public or private purpose:
Clause 4. Exclude itself, or any Member of Congress, or any Member of a State Legislature from any law of the United States or individual State laws. Nor passing any law that benefits any individual Member of Congress or any Citizen, group rights, State, or private and public organizations. Nor passing any law granting to any association, corporation, or individual any exclusive rights, privileges or immunities:
Clause 5. Pass any laws that infringes or denies fit parents, or other persons or Agencies legally recognized as "en loco parentis", rights on ultimate responsibility for the conduct, reasonable discipline, education, and welfare of their minor and unemancipated children:
Clause 6. Have the power to regulate, control, or prohibit the educational, religious, and moral standards of local communities:
Clause 7. Grant unconditional or blanket amnesty to illegal aliens nor accept identity documents issued by foreign governments as valid identification in lieu of proper identification documents issued by immigration authorities as Congress may by law provide for:
Clause 8. Provide any type of welfare, health care, or education benefits to illegal Aliens, except for emergency life-threatening medical treatment. They shall be deported after the completion of their medical treatment, and:
Clause 9. Require any person to apply for any form of contract, license, registration, or permit to engage in lawful activities and businesses. This shall not be construed as to deny the necessity to issue certificates of competency and insurance for the use of cars, trucks, and other vehicles being used on the public highways by those who claim the Right to Travel, nor any other certificates of competency where there is a direct Common Law need to protect the safely and welfare of the Citizens at large, nor if in violation of local zoning ordinances.
This Part Added To Article 1.
Section 14.
Clause 1. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the Federal Government for that fiscal year, in which total outlays, including repayment of debt principal, shall not exceed ninety five percent of projected total receipts for that fiscal year.
Clause 2. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the Federal Government, including those derived from borrowing through the sale of Government Bonds, that shall not be increased unless two-thirds of the whole number of each House shall provide by law an increase by a roll call vote recorded in each House's respective Journal.
Clause 3. The Congress may waive the provisions of this Section for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect or in any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in military conflict or national emergency which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each House, which becomes law.
Clause 4. All extant Federal fees, duties, imposts and excise taxes shall be frozen at their current levels upon ratification of this Amendment and expire ten years later if there is not already an expiration date. All renewals of extant, new, or increases in current fees, duties, imposts and excises must be approved by a three-quarters majority of the members of both houses of Congress, will automatically expire in ten years, must be a stand alone bill not combined with other legislation, and the votes and names of all Members of Congress must be entered in the respective House's journal.
This Part Added To Article 1.
Section 15.
Clause 1. The rights of victims of crimes being vital to a system of ordered liberty and being capable of protection without abridging the rights of those accused or convicted of victimizing them, the rights of any such victim to full consideration and fair treatment in the prosecution and punishment of crime shall not be abridged by any State or the United States.
Clause 2. Victims of crimes shall have the rights to timely notice of any release, escape, and public proceeding involving the crime; not to be excluded from such proceedings; to be heard at release, plea, sentencing, commutation, and pardon proceedings; and not to be subjected to undue delay, or to decisions that disregard their safety or their just claims to restitution; nor shall these rights be restricted, except when, and to the degree that, compelling necessity dictates.
Clause 3. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to provide grounds for a new trial or to authorize any claim for damages.
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