A bill to create requirements relating to memorials submitted pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects: Congress

Summary:  <p>This bill sets out requirements for documenting proposed amendments to the Constitution and rescissions of prior proposals that are submitted to Congress by state legislatures.</p> <p>Specifically, the Senate and the House of Representatives must (1) make the submissions available online in a searchable format that is organized by state of origin and year of submission; and (2) provide certain information about each submission, including whether the submission proposes a new amendment or rescinds a prior proposal and the citation for the submission in the Congressional Record.</p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 810 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 810

  To create requirements relating to memorials submitted pursuant to 
   Article V of the Constitution of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2023

   Mr. Braun introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To create requirements relating to memorials submitted pursuant to 
   Article V of the Constitution of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSPARENCY RELATING TO MEMORIALS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO 
              ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Article V Convention'' 
means a convention as described in Article V of the Constitution of the 
United States that is called by Congress on the application of the 
legislatures of \2/3\ of the several States for proposing amendments 
that shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the 
Constitution of the United States when ratified by the legislatures of 
\3/4\ of the several States, or by conventions in \3/4\ thereof, as one 
or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress.
    (b) Transparency Requirements.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, with respect to any memorial purporting 
to be an application of the legislature of a State calling for an 
Article V Convention or a rescission of any such prior application by 
the legislature of a State that is presented under Rule VII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, or under clause 3 of Rule XII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, as applicable--
            (1) if the memorial is presented in the Senate, the 
        Secretary of the Senate shall--
                    (A) make each memorial publicly available in a 
                searchable electronic format on a page of the official 
                website of the Senate, organized by State of origin and 
                year of receipt;
                    (B) indicate whether the memorial was designated as 
                an application or a rescission; and
                    (C) provide the citation to the Congressional 
                Record at which the application or rescission was 
                recorded; and
            (2) if the memorial is presented in the House of 
        Representatives, the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
        shall--
                    (A) make each memorial publicly available in a 
                searchable electronic format on a page of the official 
                website of the House of Representatives, organized by 
                State of origin and year of receipt;
                    (B) indicate whether the memorial was designated as 
                an application or a rescission; and
                    (C) provide the citation to the Congressional 
                Record at which the application or rescission was 
                recorded.
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