SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 14
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION
Citations Affected: Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
Synopsis: Constitutional convention to limit federal power. Makes
application to Congress to call a convention under Article V of the
Constitution of the United States to propose an amendment to the
Constitution relating to the following topics: (1) Improving the fiscal
management of the federal government. (2) Improving the legislative
process of Congress. (3) Restraining the powers of the federal
government. (4) Empowering the legislatures of the several states, with
stated exceptions, to repeal all or certain acts of Congress and
administrative regulations.
Effective: A constitutional convention is called when two-thirds of the
state legislatures make application to the Congress to call a
constitutional convention to consider an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States.
Holdman
January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 14
A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to call a
constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States concerning the limitation of
federal power.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: ; (11)SJ9615.1. -->
SECTION 1. That the General Assembly of the State of Indiana
makes application to Congress, under Article V of the Constitution
of the United States for the call of a convention for proposing
amendments.
SOURCE: ; (11)SJ9615.2. -->
SECTION 2. That this application is for a convention limited to
considering and proposing amendments on the following topics:
(1) Improving the fiscal management of the federal
government by doing any or any combination of the
following:
(A) Imposing requirements, with any stated exceptions,
that federal expenditures during a fixed time not exceed
federal revenues or anticipated revenues during that time.
(B) Imposing either or both of the following:
(i) Prohibitions on federal debt.
(ii) Limitations on federal debt.
(C) Imposing limits on expenditures, revenues, or taxes or
any combination of these.
(2) Improving the legislative process by requiring either or
both of the following:
(A) That all bills, orders, votes, and resolutions introduced
in and passed by Congress contain only a single subject.
(B) That a minimum time be required before passage for
bills, orders, votes, and resolutions for review by members
of Congress and members of the general public.
(3) Restraining the powers of the federal government by doing
either or both of the following:
(A) Clarifying that the Constitution of the United States
does not authorize Congress to employ its spending power
to regulate activities otherwise outside its enumerated
powers.
(B) Prohibiting mandates or requirements on any state,
subdivision of any state, or any official of a state or a
subdivision of the state, unless the federal government fully
funds the cost of compliance.
(4) Empowering the legislatures of the several states, with
stated exceptions, to repeal all or some of either or both of the
following:
(A) Acts of Congress.
(B) Administrative regulations.
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SECTION 3. That this application shall be considered an
application for a convention to address each and any of the
subjects stated in SECTION 2 of this resolution. For purposes of
determining whether two-thirds (2/3) of the states have applied for
a convention addressing any subject, this application is to be
aggregated with the applications of any other state legislatures
limited to one (1) or more of the subjects stated in SECTION 2 of
this resolution.
SOURCE: ; (11)SJ9615.4. -->
SECTION 4. That this resolution is a continuing application and
remains in effect until its rescission by the Indiana General
Assembly. This application does not constitute a recognition that
any particular activity or activities currently undertaken by the
federal government is or are authorized by the Constitution of the
United States.
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SECTION 5.
That the Principal Secretary of the Indiana Senate
send copies of this resolution to each of the following:
(1) The President and the Secretary of the United States
Senate.
(2) The Speaker and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives of the United States Congress.
(3) The members of Indiana's congressional delegation.
(4) The presiding officers of each legislative chamber of the
several states, requesting their cooperation.