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February 14, 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
JUDY CHU, California

TED DEUTCH, Florida

LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, itinois

KAREN BASS, California

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ERIC SWALWELL, California

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JAMIE RASKIN, Mary!
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (1 14" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Indiana, received by the House of Representatives in the year 2016, 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,

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Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


Second Regular Session 119th General Assembly (2016)

PRINTING CODE, Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type:

‘Additions: Whenever a néw statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word
‘NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a
new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.

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between statutes enacted by the 2015 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

SENATE ENROLLED JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 14

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Congress to call a
constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States concerning imposition of fiscal
restraints on the federal government, limitations of the powers and
jurisdiction of federal powers, and the limitation of the terms of office
for its officials and for members of Congress.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SECTION 1. The legislature of the State of Indiana hereby applies
to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the
United States, for the calling of a convention of the states limited to
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that
impose fiscal restraints of the federal government, limit the power and
jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for
its officials and for members of Congress.

SECTION 2. The secretary of state is hereby directed to transmit
copies of this application to the President and Secretary of the United
States Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House
of Representatives, and copies to the members of the said Senate and
House of Representatives from this State; also to transmit copies hereof
to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several
States, requesting their cooperation.

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SECTION 3. This application constitutes a continuing application
in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States
until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several States have
made applications on the same subject.

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