Full Text of HJR0012 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 4 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we, the legislature of the State | 5 | | of Illinois, hereby make application to the Congress, under the | 6 | | provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United | 7 | | States, for the calling of a convention for proposing | 8 | | amendments; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That this application is for a convention limited | 10 | | to considering and proposing amendments on the following | 11 | | subjects: | 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 | 14 | | application for a convention to address each and any of the | 15 | | subjects listed in this resolution; for purposes of determining | 16 | | whether two-thirds of the states have applied for a convention | 17 | | addressing any subject, this application is to be aggregated | 18 | | with the applications of any other state legislatures limited | 19 | | to one or more of the subjects listed in this resolution; and | 20 | | be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That this resolution constitutes a continuing | 22 | | application and remains in effect until rescission by any | 23 | | sitting session of the legislature of this State; this | 24 | | application does not constitute a recognition that any |
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| 1 | | particular activity or activities currently undertaken by the | 2 | | federal government is or are authorized by the Constitution; | 3 | | and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to the President and Secretary of the United States | 6 | | Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the House of Representatives | 7 | | of the United States Congress, and the Archivist of the United | 8 | | States; to the members of the United States Senate and House of | 9 | | Representatives from this State; and to the presiding officers | 10 | | of each of the legislative chambers in the several States, | 11 | | requesting their cooperation.
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