HJRES 57
112th Congress
House
Law
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the States to call a limited convention solely for the purposes of considering whether to propose a specific amendment to the Constitution.
Introduced: May 10, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
May 10, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 10, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, each of which contains an identical amendment to the Constitution, to call a convention solely to decide whether to propose that specific amendment to the states.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1