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MS HC58

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Failed

4/1/2021

Primary Sponsor

Dan Eubanks

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Origin

House of Representatives

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution for a convention of states limited to proposing a federal balanced budget amendment

  • Proposed amendment would require total federal appropriations for any fiscal year not to exceed total estimated federal revenues, except during a national emergency

  • Directs the Secretary of State to transmit copies to Congress, Mississippi's congressional delegation, and presiding officers of all state legislatures

  • Aggregates this application with similar balanced budget convention applications from 33 other named states to reach the two-thirds threshold required to call a convention

  • Constitutes a continuing application that supersedes all previous Mississippi applications on the same subject until two-thirds of states apply

Legislative Description

United States Constitutional Convention under Article V; apply for federal balanced budget requirement.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/1/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules3/25/2021

Full Bill Text

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