[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 58 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 58

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
  relative to granting power to the States to propose constitutional 
                              amendments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 1996

Mr. Ashcroft introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
  relative to granting power to the States to propose constitutional 
                              amendments.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following is proposed as an amendment to 
Article V of the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:
    ``Whenever two-thirds of the several States shall propose an 
Amendment, in identical terms, to this Constitution, such proposal 
shall be submitted to the Congress for consideration. If two-thirds of 
the Members of each House of Congress do not disapprove the proposal 
during the session in which the proposal is submitted, the proposal 
shall be submitted to all of the States for consideration. Such 
Amendment shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes as part of the 
Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States.''.
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