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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Services to the Honorable Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland; the
Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; and the
Honorable Michael E. Busch, Speaker of the House of Delegates; and be it further

RESOLVED, That certified copies of this Joint Resolution be sent by the Secretary
of State to:

(4) the Honorable Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States
President of the United States Senate, Suite S-212, United States Capitol Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510; the Honorable Orrin Hatch, President Pro Tempore of the United
States Senate, 104 Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; and the Honorable Paul
D. Ryan. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1233 Longworth House
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515: and

(2) the Maryland Congressional Delegation: Senators Benjamin L. Cardin
and Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510: and
Representatives Andrew P. Harris, C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger III, John P. Sarbanes.
Anthony G. Brown, Steny Hamilton Hoyer, John Delaney, Elijah E. Cummings, and Jamie
Raskin. House Office Building. Washington. D.C. 20515: and

(3) the Honorable David S. Ferriero, Archivist_of the United States.
National Archives and Records Administration, 709 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W..
Washington, D.C. 20408: and

(4) the Honorable Julie E. Adams, Secretary of the United States Senate.
United States Capitol Building, Suite S312, Washington. D.C. 20510: the Honorable
Elizabeth MacDonough, Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, United States
Capitol Building, Suite S-133, Washington, D.C. 20510; the Honorable Karen L. Haas.
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Suite H-154, United States Capitol
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; and the Honorable Thomas J. Wickham, Jr..
Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Room H-209, United
States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, requesting that they publish this Joint
Resolution in the Congressional Record and list this application in the official tally of state
legislative applications that repeal and withdraw any prior application by a_state
legislature that calls for the Congress of the United States of America to call a convention
to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States, 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.



STATE OF MARYLAND, ss:

I, BESSIE M. DECKER, Clerk of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the highest
Court of said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and true copy of Senate Joint
Resolution 2, concerning Constitutional Convention - Amendments - Repeal, the original of
which is on file in the office of the said Clerk.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as Clerk and affixed
the seal of the said Court of Appeals of Maryland this 3rd day of August, 2017.

Clerk
Court of Appeals of Maryland


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
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September 7, 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 (1 14" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Maryland, received by the House of Representatives in the year 2017, as
purporting to be a rescission of a prior 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,

VL

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


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Constitutional Convention - Amendment Amendments - Repeal

FOR the purpose of repealing and withdrawing certain applications to Congress to call a
Constitutional Convention; aad urging the legislatures of certain other states to take
certain actions;_and generally relating to the repeal and withdrawal of certain
applications to Congress for a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution
of the United States.

WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States has been, since its creation in
1787, the bulwark of American liberty and strength. It was the first written national
Charter to clearly set forth the respective duties and powers of the Chief Executive, the
Legislature, and the Judiciary, and is the basis of America’s checks and balances system of
government, assuring the rule of the majority while protecting the rights of the minority.
It provides for the peaceful resolution of our basic political disputes and allows for an
orderly succession of political leaders without bloodshed or revolution; and

EXPLANATION:
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strikeout indicates matter stricken by amendment.
Italics indicate opposite chamber /conference committee amend:

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WHEREAS, Since its ratification, the Constitution has been amended 27 times, each
time by the proposal of an amendment by the Congress, often on initial petition by the
states and always with subsequent ratification by the requisite number of state
legislatures. Despite wrenching debate, political turmoil, and many grave political and
economic problems — including the Great Depression — our nation has not had another
Constitutional Convention since 1787; and

WHEREAS, The first Convention was called to make eoxseetions-in revisions to the
Articles of Confederation and decided instead to discard that governmental system
altogether and create an entirely new and extremely different one. In recent years, we have
heard such diverse proposals as the elimination of portions of the Bill of Rights or granting
the President the power to dissolve Congress; and

WHEREAS, The Although historical records maintained by the State and the Library
of Congress are incomplete and in some instances unclear as to the final disposition of
legislation proposed by the General Assembly to initiate a call to Congress for a
Constitutional Convention, it is reported that the Maryland General Assembly has passed
eux several such calls for a Constitutional Convention since the 1930s. These calls include:

1) House Resolution (1939) (unconfirmed) calling for limitations on the federal taxing
power: (2) House Joint Resolution 40 (1964) calling for standards concerning the size and
boundaries of congressional districts; @) (3) Senate Joint Resolution 1 (1965) calling for
legislative autonomy concerning the rtionment of State legislative bodies:
Joint-Resolution-6i-41073) (4) Senate Resolution 47 (1973) (unconfirmed), a memorial from
the Senate of Maryland calling for the allowance of school prayer in public schools: and ¢4}
(5) Senate Joint Resolution 4 (1975) calling for a balanced federal budget. It is generally
believed that these calls never expire, and current generations are now bound by decisions
made in a different time and culture. The need to advance these various policy reforms
should be debated anew, and not bind future generations without any consideration; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That this body does
hereby rescind, repeal, cancel, void, nullify, and supersedeste-the-came-cfilect-aciftheshed
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 Stete States of America, whether or not the calls are confirmed
by the historical records maintained by the State or the Library of Congress, 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; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the General Assembly urges the legislatures of each and every
state which has applied to Congress to call a convention for either a general or limited
Constitutional Convention to repeal and withdraw such applications; and be it further