[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S1459]
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                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM 66. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Senate of 
     the State of North Dakota respectfully applies for an 
     amendments convention to the Constitution of the United 
     States to be called for the purpose of proposing an amendment 
     that provides that an increase in the federal debt requires 
     approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate 
     states; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4007

       A concurrent resolution providing for the application for 
     an amendments convention to the Constitution of the United 
     States to be called for the purpose of proposing an amendment 
     that provides that an increase in the federal debt requires 
     approval from a majority of the legislatures of the separate 
     states.
       WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States 
     provides authority for a convention to be called by the 
     Congress of the United States for the purpose of proposing 
     amendments to the Constitution of the United States upon 
     application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the several 
     states--an amendments convention; and
       WHEREAS, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly favors the 
     proposal and ratification of an amendment to the Constitution 
     of the United States that provides that an increase in the 
     federal debt requires approval from a majority of the 
     legislatures of the separate states; Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate of North Dakota, the House of 
     Representatives Concurring Therein: That the Sixty-second 
     Legislative Assembly of the state of North Dakota 
     respectfully applies for an amendments convention to the 
     Constitution of the United States to be called for the 
     purpose of proposing an amendment that provides that an 
     increase in the federal debt requires approval from a 
     majority of the legislatures of the separate states; and be 
     it further
       Resolved, that the amendments convention contemplated by 
     this application must be focused entirely upon and 
     exclusively limited to the subject matter of proposing for 
     ratification an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States providing that an increase in the federal debt 
     requires approval from a majority of the legislatures of the 
     separate states; and be it further
       Resolved, that this application constitutes a continuing 
     application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution 
     of the United States until at least two-thirds of the 
     legislatures of the several states have made application for 
     an equivalently limited amendments convention; and be it 
     further
       Resolved, that the Secretary of State forward copies of 
     this resolution to the President of the United States Senate, 
     to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 
     to each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation, 
     and to the presiding officers of each house of the several 
     state legislatures, requesting their cooperation in applying 
     for the amendments convention limited to the subject matter 
     contemplated by this application.
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       POM 67. A resolution adopted by the Legislature of Rockland 
     County, New York, requesting that the United States Congress 
     pass bill H.R. 1084 and S. 587--The Fracturing Responsibility 
     and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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