SJR4 Summary

• Urges Congress to propose the Regulation Freedom Amendment to the United States Constitution to address concerns about federal regulatory authority and accountability.

• Proposed amendment text requires a majority vote of both the House of Representatives and Senate to adopt any federal regulation if one-quarter of either chamber's members submit written opposition to it.

• Cites the need for federal regulators to be accountable to elected representatives and notes that a constitutional amendment cannot be repealed or waived by future Congresses unlike statutory laws such as the REINS Act.

• Directs copies of the resolution to be distributed to all members of Congress and to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate of every state legislature in the United States.