Amend HCR 18 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

WHEREAS, The 82nd Legislature is failing to adequately confront a structural deficit in the state budget; and

(2)  On page 2, strike lines 1-7 and substitute the following:

RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature shall address its current budgetary crisis before the 82nd Legislature urges the United States Congress to balance the budget of this country.