Concurrent Resolution

A concurrent resolution is a joint decision by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States under Article I, Section 7, Clause 3 of the Constitution. Although Concurrent Resolutions are passed by both houses of Congress, they have presented no legally binding effect and prevailing opinion since 1879 and not to the President for approval and signature.

Traditionally Concurrent Resolutions are used to express the position of both Houses, or to deal with issues that affect only the Congress itself. Examples are:

Storming sessions that last longer than three days
Foreign uses the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol
Preparation of joint sessions of this Congress, for example, the State of the Union Address
Corrections to laws that have been passed by both chambers but not yet signed
Request for return of a law that was already submitted for signature to the President
Preparation of the annual budget
Creation of a special joint committee

Before the verdict in the case Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha Concurrent Resolutions were also used to suspend certain operations office of the Immigration Department. This mechanism was known as a legislative veto, before it was declared by the Supreme Court on June 23, 1983 to be unconstitutional.

Concurrent Resolutions are numbered for each legislative period. Decisions which will be presented in the Senate first, get the abbreviation abbreviation " S Con. Res " proposals from the House of Representatives " H Con. Res "