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I hereby certify that $.J.R. N was adopted by the Senate
on February 28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11; and
that the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 10, 2017, by

the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 10.

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with amendments, on May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 94,

Nays 51, two present not voting.

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resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as an
application to Congress for a convention under Article V of the
United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one
or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints
on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of
the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal
officials and members of Congress; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the
presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with
the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a
convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for
the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the
constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government,
to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and
to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of

Congress.

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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, Arizona
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
JIM JORDAN, Ohio

TED POE, Texas

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
JOHN RUTHERFORD, Florida
KAREN HANDEL, Georgia

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS,

Congress of the Wnited States
House of Representatives

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
2138 RAYBURN House OFFICE BUILDING
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July 11, 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,

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, California

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 Texas, received by the House of Representatives in the year 2017, 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.

Bob Goodlatte
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention
under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited
purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to
impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the
power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the
terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.

WHEREAS, The drafters of the United States Constitution
empowered state legislatures to be guardians of liberty against
abuses of power by the federal government; and

WHEREAS, The federal government has abused its power by
creating a crushing national debt through improper and imprudent
spending; and

WHEREAS, The federal government has abused its power by
invading the legitimate role of the states through the manipulative
process of federal mandates that are to a great extent unfunded; and

WHEREAS, The federal government has ceased to abide by a
proper interpretation of the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of state legislatures to
protect the liberty of the people and of future generations by
proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that place
clear restraints on federal power; and

WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution

authorizes the several state legislatures to restrict the power of

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the federal government through the amendment process; and

WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides
that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the
several states Congress shall call a convention for the purpose of
proposing amendments to the constitution; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the 85th Texas Legislature apply to Congress
to call a convention under Article V of the United States
Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more
amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the
federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the
federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal
officials and members of Congress; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding
legislature, this application by the 85th Texas Legislature
constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V
of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the
legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call
a convention for the limited purpose of proposing one or more
amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the
federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the
federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal
officials and members of Congress; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the
Senate of the Congress of the United States, and to all members of

the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this

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