IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 101 
Calling an Article V Convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution 
of the United States and stipulating the ratification of such amendments 
by State conventions, a vote of We the People, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2022 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Ms. HERRELL, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Calling an Article V Convention for proposing amendments 
to the Constitution of the United States and stipulating 
the ratification of such amendments by State conven-
tions, 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 Con-
stitution; 
Whereas congressional and State records of purported ple-
nary applications for amendments on any subject and ap-
plications for single subject Fiscal Responsibility Amend-
ments compiled by the Article V Library list 42 total ap-
plications over time, 39 active applications in 1979, 40 
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active applications in 1983, and at least 34 active appli-
cations in many years thereafter; 
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 Na-
tion’s 
debt 
has 
increased 
to 
more 
than 
$30,000,000,000,000 from $830,000,000,000, while the 
value of the dollar has declined by over 70 percent; 
Whereas the Constitution was ratified by Convention dele-
gates ‘‘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 direc-
tion accords with the Constitution—as well as with the 
trust of the Nation that here, We the People rule.’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. CALL FOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) CALL FOR CONVENTION; TIMING.—As pro-
vided in Article V of the Constitution of the United 
States, and except as provided in paragraph (2), 
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Congress hereby calls a Convention for proposing 
amendments to the Constitution of the United 
States, and sets the date and place for the Conven-
tion to occur during the 180-day period which begins 
on the date the Archivist of the United States noti-
fies Congress under section 106c of title 1, United 
States Code, that the Archivist has identified ple-
nary or issue specific applications from at least two- 
thirds of the States calling for such a convention. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
if, prior to the expiration of the 60-day period which 
begins on the date of the adoption of this concurrent 
resolution— 
(A) the Archivist of the United States sub-
mits to Congress a certification that the Archi-
vist finds that, as of such date, there have 
never been plenary or amendment-specific non- 
rescinded applications from at least two-thirds 
of the States calling for a convention for pro-
posing amendments to the Constitution; and 
(B) the Archivist includes in the certifi-
cation a detailed explanation of the Archivist’s 
findings for each State. 
(b) RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS BY STATES.— 
Any proposed amendment at the Convention called under 
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