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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; congres-
sional 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 Na-
tion’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 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), That 
SECTION 1. CALL FOR ARTICLE V CONVENTION OF STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(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), 
Congress hereby calls a Convention for proposing 
amendments to the Constitution of the United 
States for a date and place to be determined on call-
ing the 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 House Clerk provides a written re-
port stating there have never been unrescinded 
and ‘‘continuing’’ applications for a Convention 
to propose amendments from at least two-thirds 
(34) of the States on any national issues (ple-
nary) plus the single issue of fiscal responsi-
bility; and 
(B) the House Clerk includes in the report 
detailed findings for each State. 
(b) RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS BY STATES.— 
Each proposed amendment at the Convention for pro-
posing amendments called under this section shall be rati-
fied by a vote of We the People in three-quarters (38) of 
the States via State Convention delegates who shall ‘‘have 
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no ground for reversing the vote of millions of its citizens’’ 
(Chiafalo v. Washington). 
SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION TO ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL 
SERVICES. 
A copy of this concurrent resolution shall be trans-
mitted to the Administrator of General Services for sub-
mission to the legislatures of the several States. 
Æ 
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