HCR 41 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
01/05
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 41
A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to find that the Department of Health and Human Services’ grant to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is unconstitutional and void.
SPONSORS: Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Hoell, Merr 13
COMMITTEE: Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification
The house concurrent resolution urges the United States Congress to find that the Department of Health and Human Services’ grant to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is unconstitutional and void.
12-2820
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to find that the Department of Health and Human Services’ grant to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is unconstitutional and void.
Whereas, the Constitution of New Hampshire Part 1, Article 7, states, “The people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, pertaining thereto, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress assembled”; and
Whereas, the executive council of the State of New Hampshire voted on June 22, 2011, not to fund Planned Parenthood of Northern New England from a grant provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and
Whereas, the United States Department of Health and Human Services provided a funding grant directly to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England; and
Whereas, the executive council of the State of New Hampshire believes the grant is in violation of federal and state law and has formally protested the award; and
Whereas, the grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is a gross violation of the sovereignty of the people of New Hampshire and the power delegated by them to the State of New Hampshire; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the general court of New Hampshire finds the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ grant constitutes a knowing and unauthorized expenditure of federal funds and a violation of the federal Antideficiency Act, 31 U.S.C., sections 1341, 1350, and 1517-1519; and
That the grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England ought to be set aside and deemed void; and
That signed copies of this resolution be transmitted by the house clerk to the President of the United States of America, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, the President of the Senate of the United States of America, the members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation, and the members of the executive council of the state of New Hampshire.