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| Applying to the Congress of the United States | 1 |
| pursuant to Article V of the United States | 2 |
| Constitution to call a constitutional convention | 3 |
| for proposing amendments. | 4 |
| WHEREAS, With each passing year, this nation becomes more | 5 |
| deeply in debt as its expenditures exceed available revenues; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Fiscal prudence requires that certain steps be taken | 7 |
| to control the growth of the budget and eliminate excessive | 8 |
| deficits; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution requires | 10 |
| the United States Congress to call a constitutional convention | 11 |
| upon the application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 12 |
| several states for the purpose of proposing amendments to the | 13 |
| United States Constitution; now therefore be it | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, | 15 |
| pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, hereby | 16 |
| applies to the Congress to call a constitutional convention for | 17 |
| the purpose of proposing to the states for ratification an | 18 |
| amendment to the United States Constitution containing the | 19 |
| following provisions: | 20 |
| First, the amendment shall require the President to submit | 21 |
| and the Congress to adopt only balanced budgets for all federal | 22 |
| programs and agencies, except in times of war. | 23 |
| Second, the amendment shall grant the President the authority | 24 |
| to disapprove any item or items in any bill presented by the | 25 |
| Congress to the President in addition to the President's authority | 26 |
| to disapprove entire bills pursuant to Article I, Section 7 of the | 27 |
| United States Constitution. | 28 |
| Third, the amendment shall require the President to submit | 29 |
| and the Congress to adopt budgets for all federal programs and | 30 |
| agencies on a biennial rather than annual basis; and be it further | 31 |
| RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | 32 |
| application in accordance with Article V of the United States | 33 |
| Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 34 |
| several states have made application for a constitutional | 35 |
| convention or the Congress has proposed an amendment to the United | 36 |
| States Constitution equivalent to the amendment proposed in this | 37 |
| resolution; and be it further | 38 |
| RESOLVED, That, if the convention called by the Congress is | 39 |
| not limited in subject to the amendment proposed in this | 40 |
| resolution, any delegates, representatives, or participants from | 41 |
| the State of Ohio asked to participate in the convention are | 42 |
| permitted to debate and vote only on the proposed amendment | 43 |
| contained within this resolution or an equivalent amendment; and | 44 |
| be it further | 45 |
| RESOLVED, That if two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 46 |
| several states make application to the Congress to call a | 47 |
| constitutional convention, the State of Ohio requests that such a | 48 |
| convention be called not later than six months after the Congress | 49 |
| receives the thirty-fourth application from a state legislature; | 50 |
| and be it further | 51 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 52 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk | 53 |
| of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro | 54 |
| Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of | 55 |
| the Ohio Congressional delegation, the presiding officer of each | 56 |
| house of each state legislature in the United States, and the news | 57 |
| media of Ohio. | 58 |