[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3759-S3760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        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-243. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Alabama applying to the United States Congress, 
     pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United 
     States, to call a convention of the states limited to 
     proposing an amendment that limits the number of terms of 
     office a person may serve as a Member of the United States 
     House of Representatives and as a Member of the United States 
     Senate; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                     House Joint Resolution No. 23



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  On page S3759, June 12, 2018, in the third column, under the 
heading PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, the following appears: ``POM-243. 
A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of 
Alabama applying to the United States Congress, pursuant to 
Article V of the Constitution of the United States, to call a 
convention of the states limited to proposing an amendment that 
limits the number of terms of office a person may serve as a 
Member of the United States House of Representatives and as a 
Member of the United States Senate; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary. Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United 
States provides that Congress.''
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: ``POM-243. A joint 
resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Alabama 
applying to the United States Congress, pursuant to Article V of 
the Constitution of the United States, to call a convention of the 
states limited to proposing an amendment that limits the number of 
terms of office a person may serve as a Member of the United 
States House of Representatives and as a Member of the United 
States Senate; to the Committee on the Judiciary. House Joint 
Resolution No. 23 Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the 
United States provides that Congress.''


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       Whereas, Article V of the Constitution of the United States 
     provides that Congress shall call a convention for the 
     purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution upon 
     application by at least two-thirds of the states urging such 
     action; now therefore, be it
       Resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses thereof 
     concurring, That we hereby make application to Congress, 
     pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United 
     States of America, urging Congress to call a convention 
     limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States of America to limit the number of terms a 
     person may serve as a Member of the United States House of 
     Representatives and as a Member of the United States Senate. 
     Be it further

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       Resolved, That the Alabama Secretary of State is directed 
     to transmit copies of this resolution making application to 
     Congress to call a convention to the President of the United 
     States, the President of the United States Senate, the 
     Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, each 
     member of the Alabama Delegation to the United States 
     Congress, and to the presiding officers of each of the 
     legislative houses in each state. Be it further
       Resolved, That this application shall be considered as 
     covering the same subject matter as the applications from 
     other states to Congress to call a convention to set a limit 
     on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the 
     United States House of Representatives and the United States 
     Senate; and this application shall be combined with the 
     applications of other states for the purpose of attaining the 
     two-thirds of the states necessary to require Congress to 
     call a limited convention for the purpose of setting term 
     limits on the Members of Congress, but shall not be combined 
     with applications on any other subject. Be it further
       Resolved, That this resolution constitutes a continuing 
     application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution 
     of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-
     thirds of the states have made applications on the same 
     subject.
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       POM-244. A resolution adopted by the City Council of 
     Hialeah, Florida memorializing its support for strengthening 
     the Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Law by making it a 
     first offense; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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