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Speaker of the House of Representatives

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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate

House of Representatives

I hereby certify that the within Act originated in
and was adopted by the House 11-JAN-18.

Jeff Woodard
Clerk

Senate 25-JAN-18 Adopted

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‘GOVERNOR Alabawa Secretary Of State

Act Num....2 2618-23
Bill Num...t HJR-23

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United States Congress, and to the presiding officers of each
of the legislative houses in each state.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application shall
be considered as covering the same subject matter as the
applications from other states to Congress to call a
convention to set a limit on the number of terms that a person
may be elected to the United States House of Representatives
and the United States Senate; and this application shall be
combined with the applications of other states for the purpose
of attaining the two-thirds of the states necessary to require
Congress to call a limited convention for the purpose of
setting term limits on the Members of Congress, but shall not
be combined with applications on any other subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution
constitutes a continuing application in accordance with
Article V of the Constitution of the United States until the
legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states have made

applications on the same subject.

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BOB GOODLATIE, Virginia
CHAIRMAN

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio

DARRELL E. ISSA, California

STEVE KING, lowa

LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas

JIM JORDAN, Ohio

TED POE, Texas

‘TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania

‘TREY GOWDY, South Carolina

RAUL R. LABRADOR, Idaho

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, Georgii
KEITH J. ROTHFUS, Pennsylvania

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH 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

httpy/www.house.govijudiciary

July 20, 2018

The Honorable Karen Haas

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Capitol, Room H154

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Madam Clerk,

JERROLD NADLER, Now York
RANKING MEMBER

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

VAL DEMINGS, Florida

Pursuant to section 3(c) of House Resolution 5 (114" Congress), I hereby designate the attached

Memorial from the State of Alabama, received by the House of Representat

es in the year 2018, 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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ACT #2018-.

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By Representatives Rich, Whorton (R), Whorton (I), Shedd,
Martin, Ainsworth, Faust, Fridy, Greer, Henry, Wilcox,
Wadsworth, Weaver, Harper, Standridge, Treadaway, Tuggle,
Farley, Mooney, Collins, Moore (B), Butler, Nordgren, Drake,
Lovvorn, Holmes (M), Wingo, Fincher, Brown, Ellis, Carns and
Ledbetter

RFD: Rules

First Read: 09-JAN-18

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ENROLLED, House Joint Resolution,
CALLING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO LIMIT

TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United
States provides that Congress shall call a convention for the
purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution upon
application by at least two-thirds of the states urging such
action; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH
HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That we hereby make application to
Congress, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the
United States of America, urging Congress to call a convention
limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States of America to limit the number of terms a person
may serve as a Member of the United States House of
Representatives and as a Member of the United States Senate.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Alabama Secretary
of State is directed to transmit copies of this resolution
making application to Congress to call a convention to the
President of the United States, the President of the United
States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of

Representatives, each member of the Alabama Delegation to the

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