Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the States to call a limited convention solely for the purposes of considering whether to propose a specific amendment to the Constitution.

Bill: 113-hjres-52
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-24
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Intergovernmental relations

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, each of which contains an identical amendment to the Constitution, to call a convention solely to decide whether to propose that specific amendment to the states.</p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 52 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2013 Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Cuellar , and Mr. Bishop of Utah ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the States to call a limited convention solely for the purposes of considering whether to propose a specific amendment to the Constitution.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:  — The Congress, on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, which all contain an identical amendment, shall call a convention solely to decide whether to propose that specific amendment to the States, which, if proposed, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of this Constitution when ratified pursuant to Article V. .