RESOLVED, That, alternatively, the General Assembly of the

2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania makes application and requests that
3 the Congress of the United States States call a Constitutional
4 Convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing
5 an amendment to-the Federal Constitution reguiring in the
6 absence of a national emergency that the total of all Federal
7 appropriations made by the Congress for any fiscal year may not
8 exceed the total of all estimated Federal revenues ‘for that
9 fiscal year; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, that the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
11. Pennsylvania also proposes that the Legislatures of each of the
12 several states comprising the United States apply to the
13 Congress requesting the enactment of an appropriate amendment to
14 the Federal Constitution; or requiring the Congress to call a
15 Constitutional Convention for proposing such an amendment to the
16 Federal Constitution; and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
18 members of the Congress from Pennsylvania; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the House of
20 Representatives send copies of this joint resolution to the
21 Secretary of State and presiding officers of both Houses of the
22 Legislature of each of the other states in the Union, the Clerk
23 of the United States House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
24 and the Secretary of the United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
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because cf the exclusion of special outlays which are not
included in the budget nor subject to the legal public debt
limit; and

WHEREAS, Knowledgeable planning, fiscal prudence, and plain
good sense require that the budget reflect all Federal spending
and be in balance; and

WHEREAS, Believing that fiscal irresponsibility at the
Federal level, with the inflation which results from this
policy, is the greatest threat which faces our Nation, we firmly
believe that constitutional restraint is necessary to bring the
fiscal discipline needed to restore financial responsibility;
and

WHEREAS, Under Article V of the Constitution of the United
States, amendments to the Federal Constitution may be proposed
by the Congress whenever two-thirds of both Houses deem it
necessary, Or on the application of the Legislatures of
two-thirds of the several states the Congress shall call a
Constitutional Convention for the purpose of proposing
amendments. We believe some such action vital; therefore be it

RESOLVED, (The Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Ccmmonwealth of Pennsylvania proposes to the Congress of
the United States that procedures be instituted in the Congress
to add a new article to the Constitution of the United States,
and that the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania requests the Congress to prepare and submit to the
several states an amendment to the Constituticn of the United
States, requiring in the absence of a national emergency that
the total of all Federal appropriations nade by the Congress for
any fiscal year may not exceed the total of all estimated
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Congress of the United States
Washington, AC 20515

January 10, 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,

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Pennsylvania, received by the House of Representatives in the year 1976, 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.

Sincerely,

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman

PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER


COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Bureau of the Pennsylvania State Archives
350 North Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120-0090
www.pastatearchives.com

I do hereby certify that the attached copies were reproduced
from an original record on file at the Pennsylvania State
Archives, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Harrisburg, in Record Group 7, Records of the General
Assembly; House of Representatives; House and Senate Bills
and Resolutions (series #7.10), 1975-1976, House Resolution
#236. Ihave hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the
said Commission to be affixed this Eighth day of April A.D.
2016.

Sa) SS

Jonathan R. Stayer, Archivist III
Pennsylvania State Archives



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In the House of Representatives,

WHEREAS, Requesting appropriate action by the Congress,
either acting by consent of two-thirds of both Houses or, upon
the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several
states, calling a Constitutional Convention to propose an
amendment to the Federal Constitution to require, with certain
exceptions, that the total of all Federal appropriations may not
exceed the total of all estimated Federal revenues in any fiscal
year.

WHEREAS, With each passing year this Nation becomes more
deeply in debt as its expenditures grossly and repeatedly exceed
available revenues, so that the public debt now exceeds hundreds
of billicns of dollars; and

WHEREAS, The annual Federal budget continually demonstrates
an unwillingness or inability of both the legislative ana
executive branches of the Federal Government to curtail spending
‘to conform to available revenues; and

WHEREAS, Unified budgets do not reflect actual spending

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