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1	1	IV
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4	4	STSESSION H. CON. RES. 15
5	5	Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amend-
6	6	ment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by
7	7	a vote of We the People, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY24, 2025
10	10	Mr. A
11	11	RRINGTONsubmitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
12	12	referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
13	13	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
14	14	Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Re-
15	15	sponsibility Amendment to the United States Constitu-
16	16	tion and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the
17	17	People, and for other purposes.
18	18	Whereas Article V of the Constitution of the United States
19	19	states that ‘‘The Congress . . . on the Application of the
20	20	Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call
21	21	a Convention for proposing Amendments’’ to the Con-
22	22	stitution;
23	23	Whereas congressional and State records of plenary applica-
24	24	tions for amendments on any subject and applications for
25	25	the single subject of Inflation-fighting Fiscal Responsi-
26	26	bility Amendments compiled by the Article V Library
27	27	counts Nevada’s ‘‘continuing’’ application, reported Feb-
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30	30	•HCON 15 IH
31	31	ruary 8, 1979, in the Congressional Record, as the 34th
32	32	thus achieving the ‘‘two thirds’’ congressional mandate to
33	33	call the Convention for proposing amendments; congres-
34	34	sional records reported 39 applications by the end of
35	35	1979, 40 in 1983, and 42 total applications over time;
36	36	Whereas Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 85 stated that
37	37	‘‘The Congress ‘shall call a Convention’. Nothing in this
38	38	particular is left to the discretion of that body’’;
39	39	Whereas, beginning in 1979, when Congress appears to have
40	40	failed in its constitutional duty to count applications and
41	41	call a ‘‘Convention for proposing Amendments’’, the Na-
42	42	tion’s debt has increased to more than $36 trillion from
43	43	$860 billion, while the value of the dollar has declined by
44	44	over 80 percent;
45	45	Whereas the Constitution was ratified by Convention dele-
46	46	gates ‘‘chosen in each State by the People thereof’’, and
47	47	the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition, was ratified
48	48	in 1933 by a vote of the people for Yes-pledged delegates
49	49	in 38 of 39 State Conventions; and
50	50	Whereas the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Chiafalo
51	51	v. Washington stated: ‘‘electors . . . have no ground for
52	52	reversing the vote of millions of its citizens. That direc-
53	53	tion accords with the Constitution—as well as with the
54	54	trust of the Nation that here, We the People rule.’’: Now,
55	55	therefore, be it
56	56	Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 1
57	57	concurring), That 2
58	58	SECTION 1. CALL FOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF STATES. 3
59	59	(a) I
60	60	NGENERAL.— 4
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63	63	•HCON 15 IH
64	64	(1) CALL FOR CONVENTION ; TIMING.—As pro-1
65	65	vided in Article V of the Constitution of the United 2
66	66	States, and except as provided in paragraph (2), 3
67	67	Congress hereby calls a Convention for proposing 4
68	68	amendments to the Constitution of the United 5
69	69	States for a date and place to be determined on call-6
70	70	ing the Convention. 7
71	71	(2) E
72	72	XCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 8
73	73	if, prior to the expiration of the 60-day period which 9
74	74	begins on the date of the adoption of this concurrent 10
75	75	resolution— 11
76	76	(A) the House Clerk provides a written re-12
77	77	port stating there have never been unrescinded 13
78	78	and ‘‘continuing’’ applications for a Convention 14
79	79	to propose amendments from at least two-thirds 15
80	80	(34) of the States on any national issues (ple-16
81	81	nary) plus the single issue of fiscal responsi-17
82	82	bility; and 18
83	83	(B) the House Clerk includes in the report 19
84	84	detailed findings for each State. 20
85	85	(b) R
86	86	ATIFICATION OFAMENDMENTS BY STATES.— 21
87	87	Each proposed amendment at the Convention for pro-22
88	88	posing amendments called under this section shall be rati-23
89	89	fied by a vote of We the People in three-quarters (38) of 24
90	90	the States via State Convention delegates who shall ‘‘have 25
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93	93	•HCON 15 IH
94	94	no ground for reversing the vote of millions of its citizens’’ 1
95	95	(Chiafalo v. Washington). 2
96	96	SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION TO ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL 3
97	97	SERVICES. 4
98	98	A copy of this concurrent resolution shall be trans-5
99	99	mitted to the Administrator of General Services for sub-6
100	100	mission to the legislatures of the several States. 7
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