TITLE: Urging Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures.

SUMMARY: Urging Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Article I of the United States Constitution begins "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress," and WHEREAS, the Congress has exceeded the legislative powers granted in the Constitution thereby encroaching on the powers that are "reserved to the states respectively, or to the people" as the Tenth Amendment affirms and the rights "retained by the people" to which the Ninth Amendment refers; and WHEREAS, this encroachment includes the accumulation of federal debt, which combined with interest represents a future tax, and is of such great proportion that responsibility for its payment will be passed to future, unborn generations of Americans to assume without their consent, thereby disparaging their rights; and WHEREAS, this encroachment also includes compelling state and local governments to comply with federal laws and regulations without accompanying funding for such mandates; and WHEREAS, in Federalist No. 85, Alexander Hamilton wrote in reference to Article Vof the Constitution and the calling of a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments that, We may safely rely on the disposition of the State legislatures to erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority"; and WHEREAS, the Constitution should be amended in order to halt federal encroachment and restore a proper balance between the powers of Congress and those of the several states, and to prevent the denial or disparagement of the rights retained by the people; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Congress of the United States be urged to call a constitutional convention pursuant to Article Vof the United States Constitution for the purpose of proposing a constitutional amendment that permits the repeal of any federal law or regulation by vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures, and the Texas Delegation to such Convention, when called, shall propose the following amendment: "Any provision of law or regulation of the Unites States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall be effective when the legislature of two-thirds of the several state approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the same provision or provisions of law or regulation to be repealed; and be it RESOLVED, that delegates to such Convention, when called, be selected according to procedures established by the legislatures of the several states; and be it RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official copies of this resolution to the senators and representatives of Texas in Congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States of America, the Vice President of the United States of America, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, so that they may be apprised of the sense of the Texas House of Representatives in this matter.