PRINTER'S NO. 2050
No. 147 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LANGTRY, BISHOP, HECKLER, GEIST, FLICK, ADOLPH,
TANGRETTI, GODSHALL, JOHNSON, CARLSON, McVERRY, HERSHEY,
MOWERY, D. F. CLARK, WOGAN, SCHEETZ, BUNT, CIVERA AND
O'BRIEN, JUNE 13, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 13, 1989
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing Congress to establish a procedure for the conduct
2 of Constitutional Conventions limited to consideration of
3 amendments relating to specific identified issues.
4 WHEREAS, One of the methods of proposing amendments to the
5 Constitution of the United States, as provided in Article V
6 thereof, is for Congress to call a convention on the application
7 of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states; and
8 WHEREAS, Every legal precaution should be taken in an effort
9 to deter the prospect of runaway Constitutional Conventions
10 which could present a serious threat to orderly constitutional
11 change; and
12 WHEREAS, A procedure should be established for the calling of
13 Constitutional Conventions at which the convention would be
14 limited to consideration of amendments relating to the issue or
15 problem that motivated two-thirds of the state legislatures to
16 apply for a convention; therefore be it
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of the
2 United States to establish procedures for the conduct of
3 Constitutional Conventions limited to those amendments relating
4 to the issue or problem that motivated two-thirds of the state
5 legislatures to call for a convention; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
7 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
8 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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