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S.J.R. 1002

of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states the Congress shall
call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing
amendments. .
Therefore

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

1. That the Congress of the United States institute procedures to
add a new article to the Constitution of the United States and that the
Congress of the United States prepare and submit to the several states an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring in the absence
of a national emergency that the total of all federal appropriations made
by the Congress for any fiscal year may not exceed the total of all
estimated federal revenues for that fiscal year.

2. That, alternatively, the Congress of the United States call a
constitutional convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring
in the absence of a national emergency that the total of all federal
appropriations made by the Congress for any fiscal year may not exceed the
total of all estimated federal revenues for that fiscal year.

3. That this application constitutes a continuing application in
accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at
least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states have made
similar applications pursuant to Article V, but if Congress proposes an
amendment to the Constitution identical in subject matter to that
contained in this joint Resolution then this petition for a constitutional
convention shall no longer be of any force or effect.

4. That the legislatures 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 or requiring the
Congress to call a constitutional convention for proposing such an
amendment to the federal Constitution.

5. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit
copies of this Resolution to the President of the United States Senate, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to each
Member of the Arizona Congressional Delegation and to the Secretary of
State and the presiding officers of both houses of the legislature of each
of the other states in the Union.

pasted the Senate - February 15, 1979 by the following vote: 27 Ayes, 3 Nays,
‘O Net Voting
Passed the Howse = March 9, 1979 by the following vote: 49 Ayes, 8 Nays,
3 Not Voting
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Received by the Secretary of St - March 22, 1979



BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
CHAIRMAN

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin

LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio

DARRELL E. ISSA, California

STEVE KING, lowa

TRENT FRANKS, Arizone

LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas

JIM JORDAN, Ohio

TED POE, Texas

JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah

TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania

TREY GOWDY, South Carolina

RAUL R. LABRADOR, Idaho

BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas

DOUG COLLINS, Georgia

RON DeSANTIS, Florida

KEN BUCK, Colorado

JOHN RATCLIFFE, Texas

MARTHA ROBY, Alabama

MATT GAETZ, Florida

MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana

ANDY BIGGS, Arizona

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

Congress of the Wnited States

House of Representatives

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

2138 RAvBURN House OrFice BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6216

(202) 225-3951

http://www. house.govijudiciary

May 15, 2017

The Honorable Karen Haas
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

US. Capitol, Room H154
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Madam Clerk,

JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
RANKING MEMBER

JERROLD NADLER, New York
ZOE LOFGREN, California

SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas

STEVE COHEN, Tennessee

HENRY C. "HANK” JOHNSON, JR., Georgia
TED DEUTCH, Florida

LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois

KAREN BASS, California

CEDRIC L. RICHMOND, Louisiana

HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York

DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island

ERIC SWALWELL, California

TED LIEU, Californi
JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington
BRAD SCHNEIDER, Illinois

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Arizona, 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,

Jt bells

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF ARIZONA SS.

OH ROSE MOFFORD, Lecretery/of- Suto,
de hereby cerlify Meal re ATTACHED DOCUMENT IS A TRUE,

CORRECT, AND COMPLETE COPY OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1002, THIRTY-
FOURTH LEGISLATURE, FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 1979; THAT I AM THE
OFFICIAL OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA HAVING CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF

THE ORIGINAL OF SAID COPY AND THE LEGAL KEEPER THEREOF.

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State of Arizona

Senate

Thirty-fourth Legislature
First Regular Session

1979

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1002

A JOINT RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE

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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES REQUIRING THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY THE TOTAL OF ALL FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ANY FISCAL
YEAR MAY NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL OF ALL ESTIMATED FEDERAL REVENUES FOR THAT
FISCAL YEAR.

Whereas, with each passing year this nation becomes more deeply in
debt as its expenditures grossly and repeatedly exceed available revenues,
so that the public debt now exceeds hundreds. of billions of dollars; and

Whereas, the annual federal budget continually demonstrates an
unwillingness or 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, knowledgeable planning, fiscal prudence and plain good
sense require that the budget reflect all federal spending and be in
balance; and

Whereas, fiscal irresponsibility at the federal level, with the
inflation which results from this policy, is the greatest threat facing our
nation; and

Whereas, constitutional restraint is necessary to bring the fiscal
discipline needed to restore financial responsibility; 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, or on the application