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H.R. 5306 (114th)

Article V Records Transparency Act of 2016

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Introduced

23 May 2016

Last action

23 May 2016 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sponsors

Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6], Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1], Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15], Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3], Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]

Subjects

Rule of law

Source updated

12 August 2025

Rule of law

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Summary

Article V Records Transparency Act of 2016 This bill directs the Archivist of the United States to make and transmit to Congress an organized compilation of all applications and rescissions of applications ever made by states under article V of the Constitution to call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution. The Archivist: (1) in complying with such requirement, shall use the records contained in the National Archive and Records Administration and attempt to obtain an official copy of any application or rescission that may not be in such records; (2) submit a report on the extent of suspected missing applications or rescissions not included in the compilation; and (3) catalog the applications and rescissions by year of submission and state. The committees on the judiciary in each chamber shall make the applications and rescissions contained in such compilation available on a publicly accessible website and update the compilation as specified. In order to simplify and make uniform the process by which state legislatures make such an application or rescission, Congress recommends that after adoption of an application or rescission by a state legislature, the secretary of state or other state official should submit at least two copies of the measure containing the application or rescission to Congress, one copy addressed to the President of the Senate and one copy to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Timeline

  1. 23 May 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 23 May 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 23 May 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 23 May 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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