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ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

WHEREAS, these clear and present dangers far outweigh any
possible benefit of convening a Constitutional Convention
at this time; and

WHEREAS, we, as members of the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming, have sworn a solemn oath to support, obey and
defend the United States Constitution against all enemies,
both foreign and domestic;: and

WHEREAS, Congress has not called a convention for the
purpose of amending the United States Constitution as
requested.

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved By The Legislature of the
State of Wyoming, a majority of all the members of each
house, voting separately, concurring therein:

Section 1. That House Joint Memorial No. 6 approved
by the Legislature on February 23, 1939; House Joint
Resolution No. 4 approved by the Legislature on February
26, 1959; House Joint Resolution No. 7 approved by the
Legislature on February 21, 1961; House Joint Memorial No.
13 approved by the Legislature on February 9, 1963; Senate
Joint Resolution No. 4 approved by the Legislature on
February 14, 1963; House Joint Memorial No. 14 approved by
the Legislature on February 15, 1963; House Joint
Resolution No. 4 approved by the Legislature on February
14, 1975; House Joint Resolution No. 12 approved by the
Legislature on February 17, 1977; Senate Joint Resolution
No. 4 approved by the Legislature on February 28, 1979; and
any other previous applications to the Congress of the
United States made by the Wyoming Legislature pursuant to
Article V of the United States Constitution for the calling
of a constitutional convention for any purpose, limited or
general, are hereby, both individually and collectively,
repealed, rescinded, cancelled, nullified and voided.

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2009 GENERAL SESSION

appropriations of money made by Congress of any fiscal year
may not exceed the total estimated revenues for that fiscal
year, except when a national emergency is proclaimed by the
President and concurred in by two-thirds (2/3) of the
members elected to each house of Congress; and

WHEREAS, on February 28, 1979, the Wyoming Legislature
approved Senaté Joint Resolution No. 4 requesting Congress
to call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment
to the United States Constitution to provide that taxes or
expenditures by the federal government may not exceed an
amount equal to the taxes or expenditures for the preceding
fiscal year, computed on a per capita basis, increased by
the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index and the
national population for the preceding fiscal year, except
when a national emergency is proclaimed by the President
and concurred in by two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected
to each house of Congress; and

WHEREAS, a Constitutional Convention called and convened
for any one purpose could result in a complete rewriting of
the United States Constitution with no rules or precedent
whatsoever to follow; and

WHEREAS, the convening of a Constitutional Convention
during these troubled times represents a clear and present
danger to our established system of justice, to the common
defense of our nation, to our general welfare and to the
ordered form of liberty which we have inherited from our
forefathers, cherished for ourselves and earnestly desire
to defend and conserve for our posterity; and

WHEREAS, these rights and privileges were endowed unto us
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SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

Section 2. That certified copies of this Joint
Resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the Congress of the United States, and
to each member of the Wyoming Congressional delegation.

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I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

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ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

Congress of the Wnited States

House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

HENRY C.
PEDRO R. PIER:
JUDY CHU, Cal

2138 RaYBURN House OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6216
(202) 225-3951

http://www.house.gov/judiciary

April 19, 2016

The Honorable Karen Haas

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Capitol, Room H154

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Madam Clerk,

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114th Congress), I hereby designate the
attached Memorial from the State of Wyoming, received by the House of Representatives in the
year 2009, as purporting to be a rescission of the State legislature calling for a convention, or
conventions, for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to
Article V, and request that you make it publicly available.

Sincere

(iy Jollee

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman.


ORIGINAL HOUSE ENGROSSED
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ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

A JOINT RESOLUTION to repeal requests made to Congress to
call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments
to the Constitution of the United States.

WHEREAS, on February 23, 1939, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Memorial No. 6 requesting Congress to
call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment to
the United States Constitution to provide limitations on
taxes on incomes, gifts and inheritances and to repeal the
Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, on February 26, 1959, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Resolution No. 4 requesting Congress
to approve and submit to the states for ratification, or to
call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment to
the United States Constitution to abolish personal income,
estate and gift taxes and to prohibit the federal
government from engaging in business in competition with
its citizens; and

WHEREAS, on February 21, 1961, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Resolution No. 7 requesting Congress
to call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment
to the United States Constitution to provide that the
federal government expenditures during any fiscal year may
not exceed the estimated receipts of the federal government
for that fiscal year, except for trust fund expenditures
and receipts, unless a substantial majority of the
Congress, on recommendation of the President and because of
war or other grave national emergency, votes to suspend the
limitation on expenditures for a specified period of time;
and

WHEREAS, on February 9, 1963, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Memorial No. 13 requesting Congress to
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2009 GENERAL SESSION

call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment to
the United States Constitution to prohibit the federal
government from restricting or limiting, through
legislative or judicial action, any state in the
apportionment of the representation of its legislature; and

WHEREAS, on February 14, 1963, the Wyoming Legislature
approved Senate Joint Resolution No. 4 requesting Congress
to call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment
to the United States Constitution to provide for a Court of
the Union; and

WHEREAS, on February 15, 1963, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Memorial No. 14 requesting Congress to
call a Constitutional Convention to Propose an amendment to
Article V of the United States Constitution which would
provide a change in the procedure for proposing a
constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution;
and

WHEREAS, on February 14, 1975, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Resolution No. 4 requesting Congress
to call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment
to the United States Constitution ‘to prohibit Congress, the
President or any agency of the federal government from
withholding or withdrawing federal funds as a means of
requiring a state to implement federal policies which
neither Congress, the President or the agency has the power
or authority to impose or implement directly by its own
action; and

WHEREAS, on February 17, 1977, the Wyoming Legislature
approved House Joint Resolution No. 12 requesting Congress
to approve and submit to the states for ratification, or to
call a Constitutional Convention to propose an amendment to
the United States Constitution to provide that