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RESOLVED, that, alternatively, this body respectfully petitions the Congress of the
United States to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced federal budget and
to make certain exceptions with respect thereto; and be it further

RESOLVED, that this application by this body constitutes a continuing application in
accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at Least two-thirds
06 the Legislatures of the several states have made similar application pursuant to Article V,
but if Congress proposes an amendment to the Constitution identical in subject matter to that
contained in this House Concurrent Resolution, then this petition for a Constitutional Convention
Shall no Longer be of any force on effect; and be it further

RESOLVED, that this application and request be deemed null and void, rescinded, and of
no effect in the event that such convention not be Limited to such specific and exclusive
purpose; and be it further

RESOLVED, that this Body also proposes that the Legislature of each of the several states
comprising the United States apply to the Congress requesting the enactment of an appropriate
amendment to the Federal Constitution; on requiring the Congress to call a constitutional con-
vention for proposing such an amendment to the Federal Constitution; and be it further

RESOLVED, that copies of this nesokution be sent to the Secretary of State and presiding
officers of both houses of the Legislatures of each of the several states in the Union, the
Speaker and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the President and the
Secretary of the United States Senate, and to each member of the New Hampshire named Congressional
delegation.

Passed: April 26, 1979

Lotte

2onge B/Roberts, In.
Speaker of the House

bert B. Monier
President of the Senate

Secretary of State


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May 15, 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 New Hampshire, received by the House of Representatives in the year 1979,
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,

dit Lolli

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


State of New Gampahire

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE . ) /
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I, WILLIAM M. GARDNER, Secretary of State
of the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that
the following and hereto attached is a true copy of

NO. 8 entitled “concerning the

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

United States" passed April 26, 1979 and placed

budget of th

on file in this office and held in my custody as Secretary

of State.

In Testimony Wherenf, 1 hereto set my hand and
cause to be affixed the Seal of the State, at
Concord, this ...27¢h... day of . April

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Secretary of State

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. &
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the year of Our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-nine

A RESOLUTION

concerning the budget of the United States

WHEREAS, with each passing year this Nation becomes mone deeply in debt as its expenditures
grossly and repeatedly exceed available revenues, 40 that the public debt now exceeds hundreds
of biklions of dollars; and

WHEREAS, the annual federal budget continually demonstrates an unwillingness on inability
of both the Legislative and executive branches of the federal government to curtail spending
to conform to available revenues; and

WHEREAS, unified budgets do not reflect actual spending because of the exclusion of
special outlays which are not included in the budget nor subject to the Legal public debt
Limit; and

WHEREAS, knowkedgeable planning, fiscal prudence, and plain good sense require that the
budget reflect all federal spending and be in balance; and

WHEREAS, the State of New Hampshire has Long been known for its sensible, prudent approach
to governmental spending; and

WHEREAS, the New Hampshire example of fiscal responsibility is a model for all to follow; and

WHEREAS, we believe that fiscal inresponsibility at the federal Level, with the inflation
which results from this policy, is the greatest threat which faces our Nation, we fiumly believe
that constitutional restraint is necessary to bring the fiscal discipline needed to restore financial
Aesponsibirity; and

WHEREAS, under Article V of the Constitution of the United States, amendments to the Federal
Constitution may be proposed by the Congress whenever two-thirds of both Houses deem it necessary,
on on the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several states the Congress
shall call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing amendments which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes when ratified by three-fourths of the several states. We
believe such action vital; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, that this body proposes to
the Congress of the United States that procedures be instituted in the Congress to propose
and submit to the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring
that the federal budget be balanced in the absence of a national emergency; and be it further