Bill Text: TX HJR55 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require the approval of a majority of the state legislatures before Congress may increase the federal debt.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Referred to Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select [HJR55 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HJR55-Introduced.html

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83R74 KYF-F
By: Murphy H.J.R. No. 55

A JOINT RESOLUTION
applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention
to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to
require the approval of a majority of the state legislatures before
Congress may increase the federal debt.
WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides
that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the
several states Congress shall call a convention for proposing
amendments to the constitution; and
WHEREAS, The 83rd Texas Legislature favors the proposal and
ratification of an amendment to the constitution to require that an
increase in the federal debt be approved by a majority of the
legislatures of the several states; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Texas Legislature apply to Congress
to call a convention under Article V of the United States
Constitution for the purpose of proposing an amendment to the
constitution to provide that an increase in the federal debt
requires the approval of a majority of the legislatures of the
several states; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Texas Legislature apply only for a
convention that is exclusively limited to the subject matter of
proposing for ratification an amendment to the constitution
providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval
from a majority of the legislatures of the several states; and, be
it further
RESOLVED, That this application by the 83rd Texas Legislature
constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V
of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the
legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call
a convention limited to the same exclusive purpose described in
this application; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
copies of this resolution to the speaker of the House of
Representatives and the president of the Senate of the Congress of
the United States and to each member of the Texas delegation to
Congress; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward certified
copies of this resolution to the presiding officer of each house of
the legislatures of the several states with a request for their
cooperation in applying to Congress for a convention for the
exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the United States
Constitution to provide that an increase in the federal debt
requires the approval of a majority of the legislatures of the
several states.