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May 6, 2016

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
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JERROLD NADLER, New York

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Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114th Congress), I hereby designate the
attached Memorial from the State of North Dakota, received by the House of Representatives in
the year 2001, as purporting to be a rescission of the State legislature calling for a convention, or
conventions, for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to

Article V, and request that you make it publicly available.

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Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


Fifty-seventh Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 9, 2001

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4028
(Senator Mutch)

A concurrent resolution rescinding all applications made by the Legislative Assembly to the Congress of
the United States to call a convention pursuant to the terms of Article V of the United States

Constitution for proposing amendments to that Constitution and urging the legislative bodies in
other states to take similar action.

WHEREAS, the Legislative Assembly, acting with the best of intentions, has, at various times,
applied to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose amendments to the United
States Constitution, pursuant to the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution; and

WHEREAS, former Justice of the United States Supreme Court Warren E. Burger, former
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Arthur J. Goldberg, and other leading
constitutional scholars agree that such a convention may propose sweeping changes to the
Constitution, any limitations or restrictions purportedly imposed by the states in applying for such a
convention or conventions to the contrary notwithstanding, thereby creating an imminent peril to the
well-established rights of the citizens and the duties of various levels of government; and

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States has been amended many times in the history
of this nation and may be amended many more times, without the need to resort to a constitutional
convention, and has been interpreted for more than 200 years and has been found to be a sound
document that protects the lives and liberties of the citizens; and

WHEREAS, there is great danger in a new constitution or in opening the Constitution to
sweeping changes, the adoption of which would only create legal chaos in this nation and only begin
the process of another two centuries of litigation over its meaning and interpretation;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:

That the Legislative Assembly rescinds the following applications made by the Legislative
Assembly to the Congress of the United States to call a convention pursuant to Article V of the United
States Constitution:

1967 House Concurrent Resolution "I-1", calling for a convention to amend the Constitution of
the United States, relating to apportionment;

1971 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4013, calling for a convention to amend the
Constitution of the United States to provide revenue sharing;

1975 Senate Concurrent Resolution 4018, calling for a convention to amend the Constitution of
the United States to require a balanced cash budget for each session of Congress except in time of war
or national emergency;

1979 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4033, calling for a convention to amend the
Constitution of the United States to prohibit federal estate taxes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Legislative Assembly urges the legislative bodies of
each state that have applied to Congress to call a convention to rescind; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution to
the presiding officer of each legislative body in each state, to the President of the United States Senate,
to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the members of the North Dakota
Congressional Delegation, and to the administrator of General Services, Washington, D.C.


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