US HB5306 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Introduced on May 23 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-23 - Referred to House Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 23 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-23 - Referred to House Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Article V Records Transparency Act of 2016 This bill directs the Archivist of the United States to make and transmit to Congress an organized compilation of all applications and rescissions of applications ever made by states under article V of the Constitution to call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution. The Archivist: (1) in complying with such requirement, shall use the records contained in the National Archive and Records Administration and attempt to obtain an official copy of any application or rescission that may not be in such records; (2) submit a report on the extent of suspected missing applications or rescissions not included in the compilation; and (3) catalog the applications and rescissions by year of submission and state. The committees on the judiciary in each chamber shall make the applications and rescissions contained in such compilation available on a publicly accessible website and update the compilation as specified. In order to simplify and make uniform the process by which state legislatures make such an application or rescission, Congress recommends that after adoption of an application or rescission by a state legislature, the secretary of state or other state official should submit at least two copies of the measure containing the application or rescission to Congress, one copy addressed to the President of the Senate and one copy to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Title
Article V Records Transparency Act of 2016
Sponsors
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN] | Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL] | Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH] | Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ] |
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA] | Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO] | Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL] | Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-05-23 | House | Referred to House Rules |
2016-05-23 | House | Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform |
2016-05-23 | House | Referred to House Judiciary |
2016-05-23 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2016-05-23 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
State and local government operations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
State and local government operations
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5306/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5306/BILLS-114hr5306ih.pdf |