[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 99 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 99

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 require that an increase in the Federal debt requires approval from a 
          majority of the legislatures of the several States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2012

  Mr. Schweikert introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 require that an increase in the Federal debt requires approval from a 
          majority of the legislatures of the several States.

    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 article is proposed as an 
amendment to 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 after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``An increase in the Federal debt requires approval from a majority 
of the legislatures of the several States.''.
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