WHEREAS, believing that fiscal irresponsibility at the federal level, and the
inflation which results therefrom, constitutes the greatest threat now facing ou!
nation, this Legislature is of the firm conviction 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 and, on the application of the legislatures
of two-thirds of the several states, the Congress shall call a constitutional convention
for the sole purpose of proposing amendments, which action this Legislature deems
vital.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the 43rd Legislature of the State of
Utah, that the Congress of the United States is requested to institute procedures to
add a new article to the Constitution of the United States and to prepare and submit to
the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring, in
the absence of a national emergency, that the total of all federal appropriations made
by the Congress for any fiscal year may not exceed the total of all estimated federal
revenues for that fiscal year.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, alternatively, this Legislature applies to the
Congress of the United States to call a constitutional convention for the specific and
exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the federal constitution which would
require, in the absence of a national emergency, that the total of all federal
appropriations made by the Congress for any fiscal year may not exceed that total of
all estimated federal revenues for that fiscal year.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Legislature calls upon the legislatures of
each of the several states to request Congress to enact an appropriate amendment to
the federal constitution or, in the alternative, to apply to the Congress to call a
constitutional convention for the sole purpose of proposing such an amendment to the
federal constitution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United
States and to all members of the Utah delegation in Congress.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution also be prepared
and forwarded to the secretaries of state and to the presiding officers of the
legislatures of the several states with the request that they join this State in making
application to the Congress of the United States to pass such an amendment or, in the

Iternative, to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing such an amendment,



Paul Rogers Robert B. Sykes

John B. Rowe Samuel S. Taylor

Carl R. Saunders Norman O. Wahlstrom
Ray S. Schmutz Kevin Watt

P. Lloyd Selleneit Beverly J. White

John E. Smith James J. White

Ennis R. Starr Joe E. Whitesides
Ronald L. Stephens Keith W. Wilcox

Don R. Strong Warren S. Wimmer

A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL SESSION OF THE 43RD
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF UTAH, CALLING UPON CONGRESS
TO PASS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE, IN THE
ABSENCE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THAT THE TOTAL OF ALL
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS BY CONGRESS FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR
MAY NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL OF ALL ESTIMATED FEDERAL
REVENUES FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR; APPLYING TO CONGRESS TO
INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO THAT END, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO
CALL A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
PROPOSING SUCH AN AMENDMENT; AND CALLING UPON THE
LEGISLATURES OF THE SEVERAL STATES LIKEWISE TO APPLY TO
CONGRESS TO TAKE SUCH ACTION.

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah:

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 billions of dollars;

WHEREAS, the annual federal budget continually demonstrates an unwillingness
or inability of both the legislative and executive branches of the federal government to
curtail spending to conform to available revenues;

WHEREAS, unified budgets do not reflect actual spending because of the
exclusion of special outlays which are not included in the budget nor subject to the
legal public debt limit;

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

WHEREAS, numerous states have constitutional requirements that appropria-
ions not exceed anticipated revenues for the forthcoming year;



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this application for a Convention Call for
proposing amendments be limited to the subject matter of this Resolution and that the
State of Utah be counted as a part of the necessary two-thirds states for such a call
only if the convention is limited to the subject matter of this Resolution.



‘STEVE CHABOT, Ohio ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
TRENT FRANKS, Arizona S

TED POE, Texas V1
TASON GHAPPETZ, Utah House of Representatives
PAULA Le BRA ee ne COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
DOUG COLLINS, Georgia 2138 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

KEN BUCK, Colorado WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6216
JOHN RATCLIFFE, Texas
MARTHA ROBY, Alabama (202) 225-3951

MATT GAETZ, Florida
MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana
ANDY BIGGS, Arizona

http:/iwww.house.gov/judiciary

May 15, 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 (114"" Congress), I hereby designate the attached
Memorial from the State of Utah, received by the House of Representatives in the year 1979, 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,

Jy Jolt

Bob Goodlatte
Chairman


OFFICIAL SIGNATURE SHEET

The foregoing __________ was publicly read by
title on the day of
19 and signed by the President of the Senate on the
day of ,19 and the
fact of such signing duly entered upon the Journal this

___ day of 19

ATTEST:
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The foregoing Ad oe was publicly read by
title and immediately thereafter signed by the President
of the Senate, in the presence of the house over which he

presides, and the fact of such signing duly entered upon
the Journal this

President of the Senate

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2nd day of ___ February ,19 79
ATTEST:

Secretary of Senate

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The foregoing _________________ was publicly read by

title on the day of
19 ________ and signed by the Speaker of the House on the
day of ,19 and the

fact of sueh signing duly entered upon the Journal this

day of 19

Presidgnt of the es

ATTEST:

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The foregoing 22/1 ~“C ___ was publicly read by
title and immediately thereafter signed by the Speaker
of the House, in the presence of the house over which he
presides, and the fact of such signing duly entered upon

the Journal this Jf / Y,
5th day of __February 19 79 Yie. _([/ -§ fp Mn.
ATTEST:

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Speaker of the Hoyse

_ Speaker of the House

Chief Clerk of the House
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Received from the this day of. 719
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Received from the Governor, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State this day of

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I, DAVID S. MONSON, LT. GOVERNOR/SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF

UTAH, HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the attached is an original copy of an engrossed

bill, House Joint Resolution No. 12, Balanced Federal Budget Resolution,

which was passed by the Forty-Third Legislature, State of Utah in the 1979

General Session as appears of record in my office.

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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of
the, State of Utah at Salt Lake City, this

28TH day of FEBRUARY AD.

19_79_-

Mt So Pihocan

LT./GOVERNOR SECRETARY OF STATE

AUTHORIZED PERSON


(ita State Legislature
Resolution
BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET RESOLUTION

1979

Engrossed Copy

H.J.R. No. 12. By Gary H. Brockbank
LeRay L. McAllister
James V. Hansen
Norman H. Bangerter
Lorin E. Allred
John B. Arrington
Genevieve Atwood
Rob B. Bishop
Glen E. Brown
T. Quentin Cannon
Tom Christensen
Leon F. Christiansen
Ted M. Davis
Mike Dmitrich
Charles L. Doane
Neal B. Evans
Lee W. Farnsworth
Rey Florez
Jeff Fox
Ray D. Free
Willard Hale Gardner
Robert H. Garff
John M. Garr
Sherman D. Harmer, Jr.
Orval C. Harrison
Merrill W. Harward
William E. Hawkes

Marvin S. Heslop

GENERAL SESSION

John Hollingshaus
Bruce E. Humberstone
David R. Irvine
Duayne T. Johnson

S. Garth Jones

Keith E. Jorgenson

C. DeMont Judd, Jr.
Franklin W. Knowlton
Stanley A. Leavitt
Clifford S. LeFevre
Roger A. Livingston
Gayle F. McKeachnie
Dix H. McMullin

Paul F. Mecham

Eldon A. Money

Ray Nielsen

Evan L. Olsen

Lorin N. Pace

E. Reed Palmer
Charles E. Parkin

Jen A. Patterson

Cary Peterson

Georgia B. Peterson
Lowell S. Peterson
Roger F. Rawson
Charles Hardy Redd
D. Leon Reese

George LaMont Richards