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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. CON. RES. 15
Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amend-
ment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by
a vote of We the People, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY24, 2025
Mr. A
RRINGTONsubmitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Re-
sponsibility Amendment to the United States Constitu-
tion and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the
People, and for other purposes.
Whereas Article V of the Constitution of the United States
states that ‘‘The Congress . . . on the Application of the
Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call
a Convention for proposing Amendments’’ to the Con-
stitution;
Whereas congressional and State records of plenary applica-
tions for amendments on any subject and applications for
the single subject of Inflation-fighting Fiscal Responsi-
bility Amendments compiled by the Article V Library
counts Nevada’s ‘‘continuing’’ application, reported Feb-
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ruary 8, 1979, in the Congressional Record, as the 34th
thus achieving the ‘‘two thirds’’ congressional mandate to
call the Convention for proposing amendments; congres-
sional records reported 39 applications by the end of
1979, 40 in 1983, and 42 total applications over time;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 85 stated that
‘‘The Congress ‘shall call a Convention’. Nothing in this
particular is left to the discretion of that body’’;
Whereas, beginning in 1979, when Congress appears to have
failed in its constitutional duty to count applications and
call a ‘‘Convention for proposing Amendments’’, the Na-
tion’s debt has increased to more than $36 trillion from
$860 billion, while the value of the dollar has declined by
over 80 percent;
Whereas the Constitution was ratified by Convention dele-
gates ‘‘chosen in each State by the People thereof’’, and
the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition, was ratified
in 1933 by a vote of the people for Yes-pledged delegates
in 38 of 39 State Conventions; and
Whereas the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Chiafalo
v. Washington stated: ‘‘electors . . . have no ground for
reversing the vote of millions of its citizens. That direc-
tion accords with the Constitution—as well as with the
trust of the Nation that here, We the People rule.’’: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1
concurring), That 2
SECTION 1. CALL FOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF STATES. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.— 4
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(1) CALL FOR CONVENTION ; TIMING.—As pro-1
vided in Article V of the Constitution of the United 2
States, and except as provided in paragraph (2), 3
Congress hereby calls a Convention for proposing 4
amendments to the Constitution of the United 5
States for a date and place to be determined on call-6
ing the Convention. 7
(2) E
XCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 8
if, prior to the expiration of the 60-day period which 9
begins on the date of the adoption of this concurrent 10
resolution— 11
(A) the House Clerk provides a written re-12
port stating there have never been unrescinded 13
and ‘‘continuing’’ applications for a Convention 14
to propose amendments from at least two-thirds 15
(34) of the States on any national issues (ple-16
nary) plus the single issue of fiscal responsi-17
bility; and 18
(B) the House Clerk includes in the report 19
detailed findings for each State. 20
(b) R
ATIFICATION OFAMENDMENTS BY STATES.— 21
Each proposed amendment at the Convention for pro-22
posing amendments called under this section shall be rati-23
fied by a vote of We the People in three-quarters (38) of 24
the States via State Convention delegates who shall ‘‘have 25
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no ground for reversing the vote of millions of its citizens’’ 1
(Chiafalo v. Washington). 2
SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION TO ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL 3
SERVICES. 4
A copy of this concurrent resolution shall be trans-5
mitted to the Administrator of General Services for sub-6
mission to the legislatures of the several States. 7
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