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PRINTER'S NO. 2402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
444
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MACKENZIE, RYAN, SCHEMEL, CALTAGIRONE, EMRICK,
MENTZER AND MURT, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Petitioning the Congress of the United States to call a
convention of states limited to a congressional term limit
amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania petition, under the
provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United
States, the Congress of the United States to call a convention
of states limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to limit the number of terms that a person
may be elected as a Member of the United States House of
Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a
person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania transmit
copies of this application to the President and Secretary of the
Senate of the United States and to the Speaker, Clerk and
Judiciary Committee Chairman of the House of Representatives of
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the United States and to the members of the Senate and House of
Representatives from this State, and also transmit copies of
this application to the presiding officers of each of the
legislative houses in the several states, requesting their
cooperation; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application be considered as covering the
same subject matter as the applications from other states to
Congress to call a convention to set a limit on the number of
terms that a person may be elected to the Senate of the United
States and the House of Representatives of the United States,
and that this application shall be aggregated with the same for
the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to
require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject,
but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any
other subject; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing
application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of
the United States of America until the legislatures of at least
two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the
same subject; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a certified copy of this resolution be
transmitted by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the
President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives, each member of the Pennsylvania
delegation to Congress and the presiding officers of each house
of the state legislatures, requesting their cooperation in
applying for an amendments convention limited to the subject
matter contemplated by this application.
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