Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, BC 20515

January 11, 2017

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 (1 14" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Wisconsin, received by the House of Representatives in the year 2017, as
purporting to be an application of the State legislature calling for a convention for proposing amendments
to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to Article V, and request that you make it publicly
available.

Singerely,

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Bob Goodlatte
Chairman

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State of Wisconsin
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2017 Assembly Joint Resolution 21

ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION

Relating to: application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United
States for a convention for proposing amendments relating to a balanced budget.

Whereas, previous presidential administrations and Congress have allowed an unprecedented amount
of federal debt to accumulate, which currently exceeds $20 trillion; and

Whereas, a report by President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
issued a warning on the debt levels, stating: “If the U.S. does not put its house in order, the reckoning will
be sure and the devastation severe”; and

Whereas, the Constitution of the United States does not currently require the federal government to
operate under a balanced budget; and

Whereas, members of both political parties and both houses of Congress have called for a balanced
budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States to no avail; and

Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United States authorizes the legislatures of the states
to convene a convention for proposing amendments upon the passage of 34 state resolutions; and

Whereas, 49 states, by constitution or statute, require a balanced budget; and

Whereas, the legislature of the State of Wisconsin supports the federal government operating under
a balanced budget; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the legislature of the State of Wisconsin
herewith respectfully applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United
States, for the calling of a convention for proposing amendments, for the limited purpose of requiring the
federal government to operate under a balanced budget; and, be it further

Resolved, That the senate chief clerk and the assembly chief clerk, jointly, are hereby directed to
forward a proper authenticated copy of this resolution to the President of the Senate of the United States,
and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States; and, be it further

Resolved, That this resolution constitutes a continuing application for a convention for proposing
amendments in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until such a convention
is convened on the same subject or until the legislature of the State of Wisconsin rescinds this resolution.

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Senator Roger Roth presenfative Robin J. Vos
President of the Senate Speaker of the Assembly

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Patrick E. Fuller
imei Assembly Chief Clerk