July 22, 2025
Mr. Morelle (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual, and providing that the President may not grant a pardon to himself or herself.
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:
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1.
No officer of the United States, including the President and the Vice President, or a Senator or Representative in Congress, shall be immune from criminal prosecution for any violation of otherwise valid Federal law, nor for any violation of State law unless the alleged criminal act was authorized by valid Federal law, on the sole ground that their alleged criminal act was within the conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority of their office or related to their official duties, except for Senators and Representatives acting pursuant to the first clause of the sixth section of the first article.
2.
The President shall have no power to grant a reprieve or pardon for offenses against the United States to himself or herself.
3.
This amendment is self-executing, and Congress shall have the power to enact legislation to facilitate the implementation of this amendment.