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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention |
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to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to |
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require a balanced federal budget. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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WHEREAS, The United States Constitution contains no |
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restriction on the power of the federal government to incur a budget |
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deficit; and |
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WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides |
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that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the |
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several states Congress shall call a convention for proposing |
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amendments to the constitution; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Texas Legislature apply to Congress |
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to call a convention under Article V of the United States |
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Constitution for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to |
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the constitution providing that except in time of war or other |
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national emergency the total of all federal appropriations for a |
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fiscal year may not exceed the total of all estimated federal |
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revenue for that fiscal year; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding |
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legislature, this application by the 82nd Texas Legislature |
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constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V |
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of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the |
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legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call |
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a convention to propose an amendment to the constitution to provide |
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for a balanced federal budget, but if Congress proposes a |
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constitutional amendment identical in subject matter to that |
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contained in this resolution, this application is no longer of any |
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force; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That this application is rescinded in the event |
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that a convention to propose amendments to the United States |
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Constitution includes purposes other than providing for a balanced |
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federal budget; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the |
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Senate of the Congress of the United States, and to all members of |
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the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this |
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resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as an |
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application to Congress for a convention to propose an amendment to |
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the United States Constitution to provide for a balanced federal |
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budget; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the |
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presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with |
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the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a |
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convention to propose an amendment to the United States |
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Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget. |