130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
H.P. 467
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H.P. 467 House of Representatives, March 11, 2021
JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING APPLICATION TO THE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING AN ARTICLE
V CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO
IMPOSE FISCAL RESTRAINTS ON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, LIMIT THE POWER AND JURISDICTION OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LIMIT THE TERMS OF
OFFICE FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Reference to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HARRINGTON of Sanford.
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 STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING APPLICATION TO THE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CALLING AN ARTICLE V
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO
IMPOSE CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS
WHEREAS, under the United States Constitution, Article V, the Congress of the United
States, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments
to the United States Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the
several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments that, in either case, shall be
valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the United States Constitution, when ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as
the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED: That the Legislature of Maine hereby applies to the Congress of the United
States, under the provisions of Article V of the United States Constitution, to call a convention
of the states limited to proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution to set a limit
on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the United States House of
Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be elected to the
United States Senate; and be it further
RESOLVED: That this application is intended to address the same subject matter as
applications from other states under the provisions of Article V of the United States
Constitution to call a convention to set a limit on the number of terms that a person may be
elected to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate; and this
application must be aggregated with the same for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of
states necessary to require Congress to call a limited convention on this subject, but may not
be aggregated with any other applications on any other subject; and be it further
RESOLVED: That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with
Article V of the United States Constitution until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the
several states have made applications on the same subject; and be it further
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary
of State, be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate and presiding officers of both houses of
the legislatures of each of the several states in the nation, the Speaker and Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, the President and Secretary of the United States Senate and
each member of the Maine Congressional Delegation.
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