Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention Convening Resolution

Summary

Balanced Budget Constitutional Convention Convening Resolution - Requires that, within 30 days of the receipt of any additional application of a State legislature calling for the convening of a constitutional convention on a balanced budget amendment, the Vice President in his capacity as President of the Senate determine whether or not the application is made in the manner described by this resolution. Requires each such determination to be published in the Congressional Record. Requires the Vice President to convene such a convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not later than 180 days after the date of the publication of a second additional State application. Requires each State to appoint delegates to the constitutional convention in a number equal to the number of Representatives and Senators to which the State is entitled in Congress. Sets forth procedures for the proceedings of the convention and adoption of amendments. Requires the presiding officer of the convention, within 30 days after the termination of proceedings, to transmit all records of official proceedings of the convention to the Archivist of the United States.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 February 1984

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