Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Sustaining Tenth Amendment Truths for Every State Act of 2022” or as the “STATES Act of 2022”.
Sustaining Tenth Amendment Truths for Every State Act of 2022
A BILL
To ensure that within a State, an action of a State agency taken pursuant to State law shall have effect notwithstanding any Federal law to the contrary, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 State agency preference
In general— Within a State, an action of a State agency taken pursuant to State law shall have effect notwithstanding any Federal law to the contrary, if the Federal law purports to apply under authority to create such law that is not specifically, unequivocally, and explicitly delegated to the United States Government within the stated words of the United States Constitution.
State defined— In this Act, the term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.