,,ia #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ig ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,october #bb1 #bjac,ms4 ,jenkins 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 relative to applying laws equally to the citizens of the ,united ,states and the ,federal ,government4 ,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 ,congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the ,united ,states that is not equally applicable to ,congress4 #b4 ,congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the ,united ,states that is not equally applicable to the executive branch of ,government1 including the ,president1 ,vice ,president1 ambassadors1 other public ministers and consuls1 and all other officers of the ,united ,states1 including those provided for under this ,constitution and by law1 and inferior officers to the ,president established by law4 #c4 ,congress shall make no law applicable to a citizen of the ,united ,states that is not equally applicable to judges of the ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states1 including the ,chief ,justice1 and judges of such inferior courts as ,congress may from time to time ordain and establish4 #d4 ,nothing in this article shall preempt any specific provision of this ,constitution4 4