AK SJR15

Alaska directs Congress to call a convention of states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution for the purpose of proposing a "countermand amendment" that would allow states to nullify federal statutes, executive orders, judicial decisions, regulatory decisions, and government mandates by a three-fifths vote of state legislatures.

Congress must convene the countermand amendment convention within 60 days of receiving the 34th call from state legislatures, with delegates having limited authority only to decide whether the preapproved amendment should be sent to state legislatures for ratification.

Alaska urges the other 49 states to apply for a similar countermand amendment convention, and this application remains in effect until at least two-thirds of state legislatures have applied for such a convention.

States cited as basis for the application include federal denial of the King Cove to Cold Bay road project, federal agency infringement on natural resource management, and excessive exercise of power by Congress, the President, and federal courts.