Bill Text: NH SCR4 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Applying for an Article V convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes fiscal restraints on the federal government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-07-27 - Died on Table [SCR4 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SCR4-Introduced.html
SCR 4 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2934
05/09
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4
A RESOLUTION applying for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints and limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
SPONSORS: Sen. Daniels, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Rules, Enrolled Bills & Internal Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This resolution makes an application to Congress for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints and limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
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16-2934
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
A RESOLUTION applying for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints and limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
Whereas, the founders of our Constitution empowered state legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the federal government; and
Whereas, the federal government has created a crushing national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and
Whereas, the federal government has invaded the legitimate roles of the states through the manipulative process of federal mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and
Whereas, the federal government has ceased to live under a proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; and
Whereas, it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the liberty of our people, particularly for the generations to come, by proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States through a convention of the states under Article V of the Constitution for the purpose of restraining these and related abuses of power; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That, pursuant to Article V of the constitution of the United States, the general court, as the legislature of the state of New Hampshire, makes application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for submission to the states for ratification, to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government and limit the federal government’s power and jurisdiction; and
That, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the New Hampshire general court, as the legislature of the state of New Hampshire, joins in the applications of the states of Georgia (SR 736, 2014), Florida (SM 476, 2014), Alaska (HJR 22, 2014), and Alabama (HJR 112, 2015) for a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States limited to the purposes stated therein; provided, however, that the delegates from New Hampshire to said convention are expressly limited to consideration and support of amendments that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government and limit the federal government’s power and jurisdiction; and
That it is the express intention of the general court that this application shall be aggregated with the subsequent applications of other states limited to the purposes identified in this application and with those applications of the above-mentioned states; and
That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states have made applications for a similar convention under Article V, or the general court acts to withdraw this application; and
That the senate clerk shall transmit certified copies of this resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the presiding officer in each house of the legislature in each of the states in the union, and to the members of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation requesting their cooperation.
