Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures: Hearing, Ninety-third Congress, First Session on S. 1272 ... |
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Act may propose action ratifying adoption AES THE LIBRARY AESS amend the Constitution amendment or amendments Amendment To Prohibit AMENDMENTS SEC April 12 calling the convention Chairman CHARLES MCC CLARENCE MITCHELL compensation of employees concurrent resolution agreed concurrent resolution calling CONG CONGRES THE LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS TH CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Constitutional Amendment CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION PROCEDURES CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION SEC conventions for proposing copy EDMISTEN effect valid applications elected presiding officer enacted equal protection clause ESS THE LIBRARY FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Federal courts Governor hearing House of Representatives Judiciary legislation legislature LIBR LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ment Michigan neighborhood schools petitions procedures for calling Prohibit Forced Busing proposed amendment pursuant to article QUENTIN N RATIFICATION SEC ratify a proposed record rescission RESS Secretary Senate and Speaker Senator ERVIN Separation of Powers session specified statement Subcommittee on Separation submitted two-thirds U.S. Senate United vention vote
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Page 5 - For the purposes of this section — (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die ; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session.
Page 15 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a duly attested copy of this resolution be immediately transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate of the United States...
Page 7 - States two copies of the applications, one addressed to the President of the Senate, and one to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Page 15 - Arkansas is hereby directed to send certified copies of this concurrent resolution to the Secretary of the Senate of the United States, the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, to each Member of the Congress of the United States...
Page 14 - States, makes application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the proposing of the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States: ARTICLE Section 1.
Page 4 - ... meeting unless the period is extended by the Congress by concurrent resolution. (d) Within thirty days after the termination of the proceedings of the convention, the presiding officer shall transmit to the Archivist of the United States all records of official proceedings of the convention. PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENTS Sec.
Page 5 - Services shall transmit exact copies of the same, together with his certification thereof, to the legislatures of the several States. Ratification of Proposed Amendments SEC. 12 (a) Any amendment proposed by the convention and submitted to the States in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be valid for all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States when duly ratified by three-fourths of the States in the manner and within the time specified. (b) Acts of ratification...
Page 6 - I ask unanimous consent that the full text of the bill be printed in the record at the conclusion of my remarks. There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the record, as follows : s.
Page 10 - States , or within such other period of time as may be prescribed by such proposed amendment. (d) The secretary of state of the State, or if there be no such officer, the person who is charged by State law with such function, shall transmit a certified copy of the State action ratifying any proposed amendment to the Administrator of General Services. RESCISSION OF RATIFICATIONS Sec. 13. (a) Any State may rescind its ratification of a proposed amendment by the same...
Page 10 - Sec. 15. An amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States shall be effective from the date specified...