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88 increased federal taxes and other revenues; and

89 (e) Prohibiting federal mandates on states to impose taxes
90} or fees.

91 (2) To control the ability of the Congress and the various
92| federal executive agencies to require states to expend funds by:
93 (a) Limiting the ability of Congress and the various

94| federal executive agencies to pass legislation requiring states
95| to spend money or to take actions requiring the expenditure of
96] money unless federal funds are provided in ongoing amounts

97 sufficient to offset the full costs of such requirements; and
98 (bo) Limiting the ability of Congress to dictate to states
99 requirements for the expenditure of federal funds other than
100; such requirements as may be necessary to measure outcomes to be
101 achieved through the expenditure of the federal funds, leaving
102 to the several states the ability to decide how to best

103 accomplish those outcomes.

104 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this concurrent resolution

105; supersedes all previous memorials applying to the Congress of
106} the United States to call a convention for the purpose of

107| proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
108 including Senate Memorial 234 and House Memorial 2801, both

109 passed in 1976, and superseded, revoked, and withdrawn in 1988
110] by Senate Memorial 302, and that such previous memorials are
111} hereby revoked and withdrawn, nullified, and superseded to the
112 same effect as if they had never been passed.

113 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this concurrent resolution is
114 revoked and withdrawn, nullified, and superseded to the same
115 effect as if it had never been passed, and retroactive to the

116| date of passage, if it is used for the purpose of calling a

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can be achieved only by addressing the spending habits of our
Federal Government, not by increasing the tax burden under which
our citizens already labor, and

WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
makes provision for amending the Constitution on the application
of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, calling
a convention for proposing amendments that shall be valid to all
intents and purposes if ratified by the legislatures of three-
fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three-
fourths thereof, as one or the other mode of ratification may be
proposed by Congress, NOW, THEREFORE,

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the. State of Florida, the House

of Representatives Concurring:

That the Legislature of the State of Florida, with all due
respect and great reluctance; does hereby make application to
the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article V of the
Constitution of the United States to call an Article V
amendments convention for the sole purpose of proposing
amendments to the Constitution of the United States:

(1) To achieve and maintain a balanced budget by:

(a) Requiring that such balanced budget account for all
obligations of the Federal Government;

(b) Allowing flexibility in federal balanced budget
requirements by providing exceptions related to exigencies such
as national emergencies or threats to the nation’s security;

(c) Imposing spending limits on the Federal Government;

(d) Setting extraordinary vote requirements for new or

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convention or used in support of conducting a convention to

amend the Constitution of the United States for any purpose
other than requiring a balanced federal budget or limiting the
ability of the Federal Government to require states to spend
money.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this concurrent
resolution be dispatched to the President of the United States
Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, to each member of the Florida delegation to the
United States Congress, and to the presiding officers of each

house of the several state legislatures.

Filed in Office of the Secretary of State May 5, 2010.

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ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

Congress of the Wnited States

House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

2138 RAYBURN House OFFice BUILDING

WasuincTon, DC 20515-6216

(202) 225-3951

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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 Florida, received by the House of Representatives in the
year 2010, 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.

Sincerel:

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Chairman



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Senate Concurrent Resolution 10
A concurrent resolution urging Congress to call a
convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to
the Constitution of the United States to provide for a
balanced federal budget and limit the ability of
Congress to dictate to states requirements for the

expenditure of federal funds.

WHEREAS, fiscal discipline and economic integrity have been
core principles of American governance, and

WHEREAS, the American people have historically demanded the
same prudent, responsible, and intellectually honest financial. .
behavior from their elected representatives as ultimately
compels individual behavior, and

WHEREAS, it is the firm conviction of the Legislature of
the State of Florida that it is wrong to fund the prosperity of
the present generation by robbing future Americans of their own,
and °

WHEREAS, mortgaging the birthright of our children and
grandchildren is a dangerous departure from traditional American
values which threatens to permanently undermine the strength of
our nation, and

WHEREAS, the national debt has nearly doubled over the past
8 years and Florida’s share of that debt is $727 billion, more
than all Floridians make in wages and salaries in 2 years, and

WHEREAS, for the nation to pay off the entire federal debt
by 2015, Congress would have to triple the federal income taxes
of every American and devote the increase exclusively to debt

payments, and

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WHEREAS, our debt is increasingly owed to the governments
of foreign nations, not to the citizens of the United States;
therefore, our wealth is transferred to others and will not be
available to supply the means for America’s future growth and
prosperity, and

WHEREAS, this generation will bequeath to its children one
of the world’s most indebted industrial democracies, and

WHEREAS, high federal deficits cause increasingly high
payments for debt interest in the future, make future borrowing
more costly, reduce investment activity, and thus reduce the
size of the future economy, and

WHEREAS, the people of Florida recognized the wisdom of
fiscal discipline and enshrined in its State Constitution the
requirement for a balanced budget to place a prudent limit on
the tendencies of government, and

_ WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature has made fiscally
responsible decisions, maintaining a balanced budget and saving
the citizens of this State from crippling deficits, massive debt
burdens, and bankruptcy, and

WHEREAS, we the Legislature of the State of Florida call
for the Constitution of the United States to be amended to
require the Federal Government to operate with fiscal
responsibility, common sense, and the revenues granted to it by
the people, and

WHEREAS, the Federal Government has for too long relied on
revenue increases and borrowing against our future rather than
on prudent spending decisions within the limits of current
revenues, and

WHEREAS, lasting resolution of this nation’s budget deficit

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