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

Bill: 118-s-810
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-15
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <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>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 810 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 A BILL To create requirements relating to memorials submitted pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.

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.