BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
forwarded by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to each

member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.

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BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia JOHN CONYERS, JR, Michigan
CHAIRMAN RANKING MEMBER

JERROLD NADLER, New York

DARRELL E. ISSA, California. ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
J. RANDY FORBES, Virgini
‘STEVE KING, lowa

HENRY C. “HANK” JOHNSON, JR., Georgia
PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico

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BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Toxes COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY SCOTT PETERS, Collomia

RON DeSANTIS, Florida 2138 RayeurN House OFF ice BUILDING

JOHN RATCLIFFE, Texas WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6216

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October 24, 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 (114" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Louisiana, received by the House of Representatives in the year 1960, 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.

Sincerely,

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Bod Goodlatte
Chairman


HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21 BY: MESSRS. FIELDS, LEHMANN
AND TRICHE

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
provides that upon the application of the Legislatures of two-
thirds of the several states, the Congress shall call a convention

for proposing amendments to said Constitution; and,

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21 BY: MESSRS. FIELDS, LEHMANN
AND TRICHE

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States

provides that upon the application of the Legislatures of two-

| thirds of the several states, the Congress shall call a convention

for proposing amendments to said Constitution; and,

WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana, by the enactment of

Act No. 2 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1960, interposed

| the sovereignty of this State to preserve and protect the powers

reserved to Louisiana and to its people by the Tenth Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States against the usurpation
asserted by the Supreme Court of the United States and the United
States District Courts of Louisiana pursuant to the decision of the
former in Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education; and,

WHEREAS, said Act No. 2 of the First Extraordinary Session of
| 1960 provides that said Act shall remain in effect only until such
| time as the Constitution of the United States may be amended by the
| process set forth therein to grant to the Federal government the
powers usurped by the Supreme Court of the United States in the
case of Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education, decided May 17, 1954,
| and other décisions of the Federal Courts pursuant thereto;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana,
the House of Representatives and the Senate concurring, that by
means of this resolution the Legislature of Louisiana does make
application to the Congress to call a convention for the purpose

of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States

| to the end that the determination shall be made as to whether the

| State of Louisiana or the Federal government is to control and

| erate the public school system in this State.

| BE IT FURTNER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution
le forwarded by the Clerk of the House of Representatives to the
| vice President, in his capacity as President of the United States
“Senate, and to the Speaker of the United States House of

| Representatives with the request that they be laid before the

|
| Congress for appropriate action.
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