"ARTICLE

SECTION 1. Except as provided in Section 3, the Congress shall make no
appropriation for any fiscal year if the resulting total of appropriations for
such fiscal year would exceed the total revenues of the United States for such
fiscal year.

SECTION 2. There shall be no increase in the national debt and such debt,
as it exists on the date on which this article is ratified, shall be repaid
during the one-hundred-year period beginning with the first fiscal year which
begins after the date on which this article is ratified. The rate of repayment
shall be such that one-tenth (1/10) of such debt shall be repaid during each
ten-year interval of such one-hundred-year period.

SECTION 3. In time of war or national emergency, as declared by the
Congress, the application of Section 1 or Section 2 of this article, or both
such sections, may be suspended by a concurrent resolution which has passed
the Senate and the House of Representatives by an affirmative vote of three-
fourths (3/4) of the authorized membership of each such house. Such suspension
shall not be effective past the two-year term of the Congress which passes such
resolution, and if war or an emergency continues to exist such suspension must
be reenacted in the same manner as provided herein.

SECTION 4. This article shall apply only with respect to fiscal years
which begin more than six (6) months after the date on which this article is
ratified."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application by the Legislature of the
State of Mississippi constitutes a continuing application in accordance with
Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the legislatures of the several states have made similar applications
pursuant to Article V, but if Congress proposes an amendment to the Constitution
identical with that contained in this resolution before January 1, 1976, this
application for a convention of the several states shall no longer be of any
force or effect.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a duly attested copy of this resolution be
immediately transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate of the United States;
the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States; to each member
of the Congress from this state; and to each house of each state legislature
in the United States.

ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 197

CL PRO TEMPORE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ADOPTED BY THE SENATE
March 20, 1975

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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

Attest:
(Clerk)


ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

Congress of the Wnited States

House of Representatives
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

2138 RAYBURN House OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6216
(202) 225-3951

http:/iwww.house.govijudiciary

August 1, 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,

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114th Congress), I hereby designate the
attached Memorial from the state of Mississippi, received by the House of Representatives in the
year 1978, 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.

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


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State of Mississippi

: Office of Secretary of State R
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I Hobex Sadnen, Secrelany of Hate of the State cS
Sof Mississipipi, do hereby cortify that the within and"

attached is a true and. corvect cofey, off VOUS. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
* NO. 51 (CHAPTER 526) LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI of 1975,

Che original of which is now a matter oy record in this olfice .

Giuen undex my hand and Seal of
Gffece this the 8th Day of Sune, 1978.

Weber kodove

Seorelary of Hale



HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 51

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPLYING TO THE CONGRESS FOR A CONVENTION TO
PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHEREAS, an ever-increasing public debt is inimical to the general welfare
of the people of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the national debt is already dangerously high and any further
increases will be harmful and costly to the people of the United States; and

WHEREAS, a continuous program of deficit financing by the Federal
Government is one of the greatest factors supporting the inflationary con-
ditions presently existing in this country and therefore has been the chief
factor in reducing the value of the American currency; and

WHEREAS, payment of the increased interest required by the ever-
increasing debt would impose an undue hardship on those with fixed incomes and
those in lower income brackets; and

WHEREAS, it is not in the best interest of either this or future
generations to continue such a practice of deficit spending particularly since
this would possibly deplete our supply of national resources for future genera—
tions; and

WHEREAS, by constantly increasing deficit financing the Federal Govern-
ment has been allowed to allocate considerable funds to wasteful and in many
instances nonbeneficial public programs; and

WHEREAS, by limiting the Federal Government to spend only the revenues
that are estimated will be collected in a given fiscal year, except for certain
specified emergencies, this could possibly result in greater selectivity of
Federal Government programs for the benefit of the public and which would
depend upon the willingness of the public to pay additional taxes to finance
such programs; and

WHEREAS, there is provision in Article V of the Constitution of the
United States for amending the Constitution by the Congress, on the application
of the legislatures of two-thirds (2/3) of the several states, calling a con-
vention for proposing amendments which shall be valid to all intents and
purposes when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths (3/4) of the several
states, or by conventions in three-fourths (3/4) thereof, as the one or the
other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby, pursuant
to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, make application to the
Congress of the United States to call a convention of the several states for
the proposing of the following amendment to the Constitution of the United
States:

REC'D APR 28 P.m.)>