HJR 1001 Summary

• Arkansas applies to Congress to call a constitutional convention limited to proposing amendments imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting federal power and jurisdiction, and limiting terms of office for federal officials and Congress members.

• The House Chief Clerk must transmit copies of the application to Congress leadership, federal agency heads, Arkansas congressional delegation, and state legislatures, requesting their cooperation.

• This application remains valid until legislatures from at least two-thirds of states submit applications for the same purpose.

• The convention is limited to the specified topics with explicit protections preventing any consideration of amendments to the Bill of Rights; any attempt to do so voids the application.

• Congress has only ministerial power to call the convention and set time/place; states retain exclusive authority to name delegates, determine voting rules (one state, one vote), and provide further instructions or recall delegates for breach of duty.