,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ed  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,culberson 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,sam ,johnson of 
,texas1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 and ,mr4 ,mulvaney7
 introduced the following joint         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,,joint   
,,resolution  ,proposing an amendment to
 the ,constitution of the ,united       
,states relating to the use of foreign  
law as authority in ,federal courts4    
,that the following article is proposed 
as an amendment to the ,constitution of 
the ,united ,states1 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    
ratification3   --  #a4 ,any legal      
opinion or ruling issued by any court in
 the ,united ,states1 including those   
rulings and opinions issued by the      

,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states1 
shall be based only on the ,united      
,states ,constitution1 or on duly       
enacted statutes and domestic case law  
of the ,united ,states or any ,state and
 shall not be based on international    
laws1 treaties1 or religious laws4  #b4 
,any action of a court in violation of  
section #a is null and void4  4