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

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 RAYBURN House OrFice BUILDING

WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6216
(202) 225-3951

httpy/www.house.govijudiciary

June 12, 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 Nevada, 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,

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Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


Senate Joint Resolution No. 10-Senator Segerblom
FILE NUMBER..........

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION—Rescinding all previous
resolutions of the Nevada Legislature which requested
Congress to convene a convention to propose amendments to
the United States Constitution.

WHEREAS, The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was initially
convened to make revisions to the Articles of Confederation and this
Convention decided instead to discard the Articles of Confederation
entirely and create a new system of government; and

WHEREAS, The United States’ Constitution has served ‘as the
cornerstone of American liberty since its creation in 1787 and was
the first written national constitution to set forth a system of
separation of powers and to ensure that the rights of minority groups
could not be easily trampled upon by the will of the majority; and

WHEREAS, Despite turmoil and grave political and economic
concerns, including, without limitation, the contested presidential
elections of 1800, 1876 and 2000, the Civil War and the Great
Depression, a subsequent constitutional convention has not been
held since 1787; and

WHEREAS, The United States Constitution has proven to be
resilient and has been amended only 27 times during the course of
its 230-year history; and

WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution requires
the Congress of the United States to convene a constitutional
convention upon the application of two-thirds of the several states;
and

WHEREAS, The Nevada Legislature has, at various times, passed
resolutions requesting Congress to convene a convention, pursuant
to Article V of the United States Constitution, to propose
amendments to the Constitution relating to a wide range of subjects;
and

WHEREAS, Over the course of time, the will of the people of the
State of Nevada may have changed relating to these resolutions; and

WHEREAS, A constitutional convention convened by Congress
could make sweeping changes to the United States Constitution and
threaten the liberty of future generations of Nevadans; and.

WHEREAS, The Nevada Legislature is aware that other state
legislatures have made applications requesting that Congress
convene a constitutional convention; and

WHEREAS, The Nevada Legislature no longer supports its
previous resolutions which requested that Congress convene a

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constitutional convention, most of which were adopted over three
decades ago, and does not wish for these resolutions to be included
with similar applications which were made by other state
legislatures; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the members of the 79th Session of the
Nevada Legislature hereby rescind, repeal, cancel, void, nullify and
supersede each previous resolution passed by the Nevada
Legislature which requested the Congress of the United States to
convene a constitutional convention pursuant to Article V of the
United States Constitution; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the members of the 79th Session of the Nevada
Legislature urge each state legislature which requested Congress to
conyene a constitutional convention to withdraw such applications;
and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and.
transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the United
States as the presiding officer of the United States Senate, the
Speaker of the United States House’ of Representatives and each
member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
passage.

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