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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
3NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
4SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we, the legislature of the State
5of Illinois, hereby make application to the Congress, under the
6provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United
7States, for the calling of a convention for proposing
8amendments; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That this application is for a convention limited
10to considering and proposing amendments on the following
11subjects:
12        (1) improving the fiscal management of the federal
13    government by imposing requirements, with any stated
14    exceptions, that federal expenditures during a fixed time
15    period not exceed federal revenues or anticipated revenues
16    during that time period; imposing prohibitions and/or
17    limits on federal debt; and/or imposing limits on
18    expenditures, revenue, and/or taxes;
19        (2) improving the legislative process by requiring
20    that all bills, orders, votes, and resolutions introduced
21    in and passed by Congress contain only a single subject
22    and/or by providing a minimum time period before passage
23    for bills, orders, votes, and resolutions to be reviewed by
24    members of Congress and members of the general public;

 

 

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1        (3) restraining the powers of the federal government by
2    clarifying that the Constitution does not authorize
3    Congress to employ its spending power to regulate
4    activities otherwise outside its enumerated powers and/or
5    prohibiting mandates or requirements on any state,
6    subdivision of any state, or any official thereof, unless
7    the federal government fully funds the cost of compliance;
8    and
9        (4) empowering the legislatures of the several states,
10    with stated exceptions, to repeal all or certain acts of
11    Congress and/or administrative regulations; and be it
12    further
 
13    RESOLVED, That this application shall be deemed an
14application for a convention to address each and any of the
15subjects listed in this resolution; for purposes of determining
16whether two-thirds of the states have applied for a convention
17addressing any subject, this application is to be aggregated
18with the applications of any other state legislatures limited
19to one or more of the subjects listed in this resolution; and
20be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That this resolution constitutes a continuing
22application and remains in effect until rescission by any
23sitting session of the legislature of this State; this
24application does not constitute a recognition that any

 

 

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1particular activity or activities currently undertaken by the
2federal government is or are authorized by the Constitution;
3and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
5delivered to the President and Secretary of the United States
6Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives
7of the United States Congress, and the Archivist of the United
8States; to the members of the United States Senate and House of
9Representatives from this State; and to the presiding officers
10of each of the legislative chambers in the several States,
11requesting their cooperation.