Rescinding Previous Article V Convention Applications

WHEREAS, The Rhode Island General Assembly has made applications to the United States Congress to call one or more conventions to propose amendments concerning specific subjects to the United States Constitution, pursuant to Article V thereof; and

WHEREAS, The Rhode Island General Assembly no longer wishes the United States Congress to consider said previous applications to call such conventions; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Rhode Island General Assembly hereby rescinds, repeals, cancels, nullifies and supersedes any and all prior applications to the Congress of the United States to call for a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the United States Constitution pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, regardless of when such applications were adopted and regardless of whether such applications were for a more limited convention to propose one or more amendments regarding one or more specific subjects and purposes or for a general convention to propose an unlimited number of amendments upon an unlimited number of subjects, and regardless of whether the applications are expressly identified in this resolution or confirmed by the historical records maintained by the Rhode Island General Assembly or the Library of Congress; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent, within thirty (30) days of passage, to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the Secretary of the United States Senate, and each member of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation; and be it futher

RESOLVED, That the members of the Rhode Island General Assembly request that this Joint Resolution be published in the Congressional Record and listed in the official tally of state legislative applications relating to calling for the United States Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution. EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF JOINTRESOLUTION RESCINDING PREVIOUS ARTICLE V CONVENTION APPLICATIONS *** This act would rescind, repeal, and cancel any and all prior applications to the United States Congress from the Rhode Island General Assembly to call for a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the United States Constitution pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution.