1965 Regular Session of the Georgia General Assembly; Resolution Act No. 96
(Ga. L. 1967, p. 894), passed during the 1967 Regular Session of the Georgia General
Assembly; Resolution Act No. 93 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 184), passed during the 1976
Regular Session of the Georgia General Assembly; and House Resolution No. 105
(Ga. L. 1991, p. 2041), passed during the 1991 Regular Session of the Georgia
General Assembly.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly urges the
legislatures of each and every state that has applied to Congress to call a convention
for either a general or limited constitutional convention to repeal and withdraw such
applications.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of
Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this
resolution to the presiding officers of both houses of the legislatures of each state in
the Union, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States
House of Representatives, each member of the Georgia Congressional delegation, and
the Administrator of General Services.

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May 6, 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 Georgia, received by the House of Representatives in the
year 2004, as purporting to be a rescission of the State legislature calling for a convention, or
conventions, 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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Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


General Assembly

House Resolution 1343
By: Representatives Coan of the 67", Post 1, Westmoreland of the 86", Brooks of the
47", Moraitakis of the 42", Post 4, Jamieson of the 22", and others

A RESOLUTION

Rescinding, repealing, canceling, voiding, nullifying, and superseding any

and_all prior applications by the General Assembly heretofore made during any
session thereof to the Congress of the United States of America to call a convention
pursuant to the terms of Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing one
or more amendments to that Constitution and urging the legislatures of other states
to do the same; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, acting with
the best of intentions, has, at various times and during various sessions, previously
made applications to the Congress of the United States of America to call one or more
conventions to propose either a single amendment concerning a specific subject or to
call a general convention to propose an unspecified and unlimited number of
amendments to the United States Constitution, pursuant to the provisions of Article
V thereof; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1952 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 53 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 472), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning treaty powers; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1952 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 61 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 480), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning limiting taxation; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1955 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 2 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 4), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning the independence of state schools; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1959 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 45 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 383), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning the independence of state schools; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1961 Regular Session
passed Senate Resolution No. 39, applying to Congress for a constitutional
convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution
concerning the authority of the Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1965 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 89 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 559), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning the independence of state schools; and



WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1967 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 96 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 894), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning refunds of federal taxes to the states; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1976 Regular Session
passed Resolution Act No. 93 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 184), applying to Congress for a
constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution concerning a federal balanced budget; and

WHEREAS, the General Assembly during its 1991 Regular Session
passed House Resolution No. 105 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 2041), applying to Congress for
a constitutional convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the
Constitution with respect to disrespectful actions involving the United States flag and
the flags of the several states; and

WHEREAS, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg, and other leading constitutional scholars agree that such a
convention may propose sweeping changes to the Constitution, any limitations or
restrictions purportedly imposed by the states in applying for such a convention or
conventions to the contrary notwithstanding, thereby creating an imminent peril to the
well-established rights of the citizens and the duties of various levels of government;
and

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America has been
amended many times in the history of this nation and may be amended many more
times without the need to resort to a constitutional convention, and has been
interpreted for more than two hundred years and has been found to be a sound
document which protects the lives and liberties of the citizens; and

WHEREAS, there is no need for and there is in fact great danger in anew
constitution or in opening the Constitution to sweeping changes, the adoption of
which would only create legal chaos in this nation and only begin the process of
another two centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the General Assembly does hereby rescind, repeal,
cancel, void, nullify, and supersede, to the same effect as if they had never been
passed, any and all prior applications by the General Assembly to the Congress of the
United States of America to call a convention to propose amendments to the
Constitution of the United States of America, pursuant to the terms of Article V
thereof, regardless of when and regardless of whether such applications were for a
more limited convention to propose one or more amendments regarding one or more
specific subjects and purposes or for a general convention to propose an unlimited
number of amendments upon an unlimited number of subjects.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly hereby
specifically repeals Resolution Act No. 53 (Ga. L. 1952, p. 472), passed during the
1952 Regular Session of the Georgia General Assembly; Resolution Act No. 61 (Ga.
L. 1952, p. 480), passed during the 1952 Regular Session of the Georgia General
Assembly; Resolution Act No. 2 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 4), passed during the 1955 Regular
Session of the Georgia General Assembly; Resolution Act No. 45 (Ga. L. 1959,
p. 383), passed during the 1959 Regular Session of the Georgia General Assembly;
Senate Resolution No. 39, passed during the 1961 Regular Session of the Georgia
General Assembly; Resolution Act No. 89 (Ga. L. 1965, p. 559), passed during the