SCR NO. 52 ENROLLED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the

President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation, and to the
presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting their
cooperation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall constitute a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution until the
legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made application for a similar

convention pursuant to Article V.

PRESIDEXYOPTHE SENATE

SPEAKER OF 4 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52
BY SENATORS CLAITOR, CORTEZ, FANNIN, HEWITT, LONG, MILLS, MIZELL,

MORRISH, PEACOCK, PERRY, RISER AND WALSWORTH AND.
REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To memorialize the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention for the
purpose of proposing amendments to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal
government, impose fiscal restraints upon its activities, and limit the terms of office
that may be served by its officials and by members of Congress.

WHEREAS, the powers of the federal government are limited to those powers
enumerated in the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, as set forth in provisions such as the Second, Fourth, and Fifth
Amendments of the Bill of Rights concerning individual freedom and protections, and the
Tenth and Eleventh Amendments concerning the powers of the states, the U.S. Constitution
was intended to include and specifically provide constraints upon the powers of the federal
government and to further provide for the sovereign powers of the states; and

WHEREAS, despite such provisions a continuing crisis has been created by the rise
and growth of unchecked power in all branches of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, such unchecked power, and the national debt created by its exercise,
adversely affects every state and every citizen of our nation now and into the foreseeable
future; and

WHEREAS, such continuing crisis can be resolved only through amendment to the
United States Constitution, in order to clarify the powers, duties, and limitations of the
federal government and to clearly delineate the sovereign powers of the states that cannot
be abridged by the unrestrained exercise of federal powers.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize and apply to the United States Congress for the calling of a convention of the
states limited to proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution to limit the power and
jurisdiction of the federal government, impose fiscal restraints upon its activities, and limit

the terms of office that may be served by its officials and by members of Congress.

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G.S. House of Representatives

Committee on the Judiciary

Washington, BE 20515-6216
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

September 4, 2019

The Honorable Cheryl Johnson

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

Washington, DC 20515

Dear Madam Clerk,

Pursuant to section 103(b) of House Resolution 6 (116'" Congress), I hereby designate the
attached Memorial from the State of Louisiana, received by the House of Representatives in the
month of August 2019, 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 of the Constitution, and I request that you make it publicly available electronically on
the website of the Clerk. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Jerrold Nadler

Chair

House Committee on the Judiciary



STATE OF LOUISIANA

THE SENATE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
P.O. Box 94183
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70804
GLENN A. KOEPP PHONE (225) 342-5997
SECRETARY Fax (225) 342-1140
KOEPPG@LEGIS.LA.GOV

August 22, 2019

The Honorable Jerrold Nadler, Chairman
House Judiciary Committee

2138 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Chairman Nadler:

Enclosed please find an additional copy of Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 52 of the 2016
Regular Session, which I have been requested to forward to you.

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Glenn Koepp
Secretary of the Senate

With kindest regards and best wishes, Iam

GK/mb

Enclosure



2016 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52
BY SENATORS CLAITOR, CORTEZ, FANNIN, HEWITT, LONG, MILLS, MIZELL,

MORRISH, PEACOCK, PERRY, RISER AND WALSWORTH AND
REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO

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