STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 1001	By:	Banz

AS INTRODUCED

A Concurrent Resolution making application to the Congress of the United States under Article V of the United States Constitution to call for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution; limiting scope to specified subject areas; making application a continuing application unless rescinded by the Legislature; and directing distribution.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 53RD OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
SECTION 1.  The Oklahoma Legislature hereby makes application to the Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention for proposing amendments.
SECTION 2.  This application is for a convention limited to considering and proposing amendments on the following subjects:
1.  Improving the fiscal management of the federal government by imposing requirements, with any stated exceptions, that federal expenditures during a fixed time period not exceed federal revenues or anticipated revenues during that time period; imposing prohibitions or limits on federal debt; or imposing limits on expenditures, revenue, and taxes;
2.  Improving the legislative process by requiring that all bills, orders, votes, and resolutions introduced in and passed by Congress contain only a single subject and by providing a minimum time period before passage for bills, orders, votes and resolutions to be reviewed by members of Congress and members of the general public;
3.  Restraining the powers of the federal government by clarifying that the Constitution does not authorize Congress to employ its spending power to regulate activities otherwise outside its enumerated powers and prohibiting mandates or requirements on any state, subdivision of any state, or any official thereof, unless the federal government fully funds the cost of compliance; or
4.  Empowering the legislatures of the several states, with stated exceptions, to repeal all or certain acts of Congress and administrative regulations.
SECTION 3.  This application shall be deemed an application for a convention to address each and any of the subjects in Section 2 of this resolution.  For purposes of determining whether two-thirds (2/3) of the states have applied for a convention addressing any subject, this application is to be aggregated with the applications of any other state legislatures limited to one or more of the subjects in Section 2 of this resolution.
SECTION 4.  This is a continuing application and remains in effect until rescission by any sitting session of the Oklahoma Legislature.  This application does not constitute a recognition that any particular activity or activities currently undertaken by the federal government is or are authorized by the Constitution.
SECTION 5.  The Chief Clerk of the House is hereby directed to transmit copies of this application to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, the Archivist of the United States, the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation, and the presiding officers of each of the legislative chambers in the several states requesting their cooperation.

53-1-5697	SD	01/18/11