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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 24 

Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by 

a vote of We the People, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2023 

Mr. ARRINGTON submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the 

People, and for other purposes. 

Whereas Article V of the Constitution of the United States 

states that ‘‘The Congress . . . on the Application of the 

Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call 

a Convention for proposing Amendments’’ to the Constitution; 

Whereas congressional and State records of plenary applications for amendments on any subject and applications for 

the single subject of Inflation-fighting Fiscal Responsibility Amendments compiled by the Article V Library 

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ruary 8, 1979, in the Congressional Record, as the 34th 

thus achieving the ‘‘two thirds’’ congressional mandate to 

call the Convention for proposing amendments; congressional records reported 39 applications by the end of 

1979, 40 in 1983, and 42 total applications over time; 

Whereas Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 85 stated that 

‘‘The Congress ‘shall call a Convention’. Nothing in this 

particular is left to the discretion of that body’’; 

Whereas beginning in 1979, when Congress appears to have 

failed in its constitutional duty to count applications and 

call a ‘‘Convention for proposing Amendments’’, the Nation’s debt has increased to more than $31 trillion from 

$860 billion, while the value of the dollar has declined by 

over 75 percent; 

Whereas the Constitution was ratified by Convention delegates ‘‘chosen in each State by the People thereof’’, and 

the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition, was ratified 

in 1933 by a vote of the people for Yes-pledged delegates 

in 38 of 39 State Conventions; and 

Whereas the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Chiafalo 

v. Washington stated: ‘‘electors . . . have no ground for 

reversing the vote of millions of its citizens. That direction accords with the Constitution—as well as with the 

trust of the Nation that here, We the People rule.’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That 

3 SECTION 1. CALL FOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF STATES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) CALL FOR CONVENTION; TIMING.—As pro2 vided in Article V of the Constitution of the United 

3 States, and except as provided in paragraph (2), 

4 Congress hereby calls a Convention for proposing 

5 amendments to the Constitution of the United 

6 States for a date and place to be determined on call7 ing the Convention. 

8 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 

9 if, prior to the expiration of the 60-day period which 

10 begins on the date of the adoption of this concurrent 

11 resolution— 

12 (A) the House Clerk provides a written re13 port stating there have never been unrescinded 

14 and ‘‘continuing’’ applications for a Convention 

15 to propose amendments from at least two-thirds 

16 (34) of the States on any national issues (ple17 nary) plus the single issue of fiscal responsi18 bility; and 

19 (B) the House Clerk includes in the report 

20 detailed findings for each State. 

21 (b) RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS BY STATES.— 

22 Each proposed amendment at the Convention for pro23 posing amendments called under this section shall be rati24 fied by a vote of We the People in three-quarters (38) of 

25 the States via State Convention delegates who shall ‘‘have 


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1 no ground for reversing the vote of millions of its citizens’’ 

2 (Chiafalo v. Washington). 

3 SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION TO ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL 

4 SERVICES. 

5 A copy of this concurrent resolution shall be trans6 mitted to the Administrator of General Services for sub7 mission to the legislatures of the several States. 

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