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1	1	By: Elkins H.J.R. No. 101
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4	4	A JOINT RESOLUTION
5	5	rescinding the application of the 26th Texas Legislature made in
6	6	the year 1899 to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted
7	7	national convention, pursuant to Article V of the United States
8	8	Constitution, for proposing undisclosed amendments to that
9	9	Constitution.
10	10	WHEREAS, In adopting Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, the
11	11	26th Texas Legislature, in the year 1899, applied to the United
12	12	States Congress to call a convention, under the terms of Article V
13	13	of the United States Constitution, "...for proposing amendments to
14	14	said Constitution..." that would be subject to potential
15	15	ratification; and
16	16	WHEREAS, That particular application--unlike subsequent and
17	17	more detailed applications from Texas lawmakers--did not prescribe
18	18	any boundaries on the subject matter of amendments to be discussed
19	19	or ultimately offered for ratification by such a nationwide
20	20	convention; and
21	21	WHEREAS, While indeed no Article V convention has yet taken
22	22	place thus far in American history, nevertheless, there is a very
23	23	real possibility that one, or more than one, could be triggered at
24	24	some point in the future--the precise results of which cannot be
25	25	predicted or known in advance; and
26	26	WHEREAS, At the present time, the Texas Legislature has
27	27	absolutely no desire or intention whatsoever for Congress to call
28	28	an Article V convention of a general, vague, and unlimited nature;
29	29	and
30	30	WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4 remains just as
31	31	alive and valid today as it was when it was approved by Texas
32	32	legislators 114 years ago; now, therefore, be it
33	33	RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas,
34	34	Regular Session, 2013, hereby officially rescinds, repeals,
35	35	revokes, and nullifies Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, Acts of
36	36	the 26th Legislature, Regular Session, 1899, calling for an
37	37	open-ended, unclear, and indeterminate Article V convention to
38	38	propose for ratification unspecified federal constitutional
39	39	amendments, which application was duly received by Congress, and
40	40	reprinted word for word in the Congressional Record of December 11,
41	41	1899, at page 219, and which application was referred to the
42	42	Committee on the Judiciary in the United States House of
43	43	Representatives the very next day (Congressional Record at page
44	44	280); and be it further
45	45	RESOLVED, That, in a manner which would furnish confirmation
46	46	of delivery and tracking while en route, the Texas Secretary of
47	47	State shall transmit properly-certified copies of this joint
48	48	resolution--together with copies of Senate Concurrent Resolution
49	49	No. 4--pursuant to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate
50	50	(namely, Rule VII, paragraphs 4, 5, and 6) to the Vice-President of
51	51	the United States (in his capacity as presiding officer of the
52	52	United States Senate and addressed to him at the office which he
53	53	maintains inside the United States Capitol Building); to the
54	54	Secretary and Parliamentarian of the United States Senate; and to
55	55	both United States Senators representing Texas; accompanied by a
56	56	cover letter to each addressee drawing attention to the fact that it
57	57	is the 83rd Texas Legislature's courteous, yet firm, request that
58	58	the full and complete verbatim text of this joint resolution--as
59	59	well as the full and complete verbatim text of Senate Concurrent
60	60	Resolution No. 4--be duly published in the United States Senate's
61	61	portion of the Congressional Record, as an official memorial to the
62	62	United States Senate, and that this joint resolution--with Senate
63	63	Concurrent Resolution No. 4 appended thereto--be referred to
64	64	whichever committee(s) of the United States Senate that would have
65	65	appropriate jurisdiction in this matter, and be it further
66	66	RESOLVED, That, in a manner which would furnish confirmation
67	67	of delivery and tracking while en route, the Texas Secretary of
68	68	State shall likewise transmit properly-certified copies of this
69	69	joint resolution--together with copies of Senate Concurrent
70	70	Resolution No. 4--pursuant to the Rules of the United States House
71	71	of Representatives (namely, Rule XII, clauses 3 and 7) to the
72	72	Speaker, Clerk, and Parliamentarian of the United States House of
73	73	Representatives; and to all members of the United States House of
74	74	Representatives who represent districts in Texas; likewise
75	75	accompanied by a cover letter to each addressee drawing attention
76	76	to the fact that it is the 83rd Texas Legislature's courteous, yet
77	77	firm, request that the substance of this joint resolution--as well
78	78	as that of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4--be accurately
79	79	summarized in the United States House of Representatives' portion
80	80	of the Congressional Record, as an official memorial to the United
81	81	States House of Representatives, and that this joint
82	82	resolution--with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4 appended
83	83	thereto--be referred to whichever committee(s) of the United States
84	84	House of Representatives that would have appropriate jurisdiction
85	85	in this matter.