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HJRES 34 114th Congress House

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…

Official title: 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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: February 13, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 17, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Feb 13, 2015
Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action March 17, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Feb 13, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 34: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-34/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 34: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-34/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.J. Res. 34, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-34/.
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[H.J. Res. 34: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HJRES-34/)
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