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 RayeuRN House OFFice BUILDING
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October 18, 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 Tennessee, received by the House of Representatives in the year 2017, as

purporting to be an application of the State le;

gislature 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
Chairman


State of Jennessee

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 67
By Senators Bell, Jackson, Stevens, Green, Johnson
and

Representatives Butt, Reedy, Keisling, Hulsey, Lamberth, Eldridge, Casada, Shepard;
Madam Speaker Hawell; Representatives Kane, Zachary, Hawk, Ryan Williams, Harry Brooks,
Durham, Kevin Brooks, Mark White, Byrd, Daniel, Van Huss, Doss, Dawn White, Carr, Halford,

Howell, Dunn, Alexander, Hazelwood, Johnson, Coley, Calfee, Lynn, Littleton, Matlock,

Wirgau, Gravitt, Coley, Holt, Swann, Holsclaw, Ragan, Todd, Marsh, Matheny, Sargent,

DeBerry, Kumar, Lundberg, Moody, Jerry Sexton, Lollar, Pody, Goins, Sparks, Rodgers,
Carter, McCormick, McDaniel, McManus, Powers

A RESOLUTION to make application to the Congress of the United States to call an Article V
convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.

WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution authorizes the calling of a convention
for proposing amendments to the Constitution upon the application of two-thirds of the several
states; and

WHEREAS, the drafters of our Constitution empowered state legislators to be guardians of
liberty against future abuses of power by the federal government; and

WHEREAS, the federal government has created a crushing national debt through improper
and imprudent spending; and

WHEREAS, the federal government has invaded the legitimate roles of the states through
the manipulative process of federal mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and

WHEREAS, the federal government has ceased to operate under a proper interpretation of
the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty of our people, particularly
for future generations of Americans, by proposing amendments to the United States Constitution
through a Convention of the States under Article V for the purpose of restraining these and related
abuses of power; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING, that this legislative body does hereby apply to Congress under the provisions of
Article V of the United States Constitution for the calling of a convention of the states, limited to
proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on 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.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this application shall constitute a continuing application in
accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution until the legislatures of at least two-thirds
of the several states have made applications on the same subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this application be transmitted to the
President and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States
House of Representatives, to each member of the United States Senate and House of
Representatives from Tennessee, and to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in
the several states, requesting their cooperation.


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 67

ADOPTED: February 4, 2016

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SPEAKER OF THE

BMA Ducll/

BETH HARWELL, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this of day ot Worvary 2016
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BILL HASLAM, GOVERNOR