A bill to provide procedures for calling Federal constitutional conventions under article V for the purpose of proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.
Constitutional Convention Implementation Act of 1984 - Sets forth procedures for holding constitutional conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution.
Requires either House of Congress to agree to a concurrent resolution calling for a convention whenever it determines that at least two-thirds of the States have submitted within a seven-year period valid applications for the calling of a constitutional convention upon the same subject. Requires that the convention be convened within eight months of the adoption of the resolution.
Entitles each State to two delegates on an at-large basis and one delegate from each congressional district. States that no Senator, Representative, or other person holding office under the United States shall be elected as delegate.
Provides that the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall convene the convention.
Authorizes appropriations for the payment of convention expenses.
Authorizes the convention to conduct proceedings in accordance with such rules as it may adopt by a vote of three-fifths of the number of delegates who have subscribed to the oath of office.
Prohibits such convention from proposing any amendment of a subject matter different from that stated in the concurrent resolution.
Requires the presiding officer of the convention to submit any proposed amendment to Congress. Authorizes Congress to disapprove by concurrent resolution any amendment which differs from the subject matters described in the concurrent resolution or to direct the administrator of General Services to transmit to the States copies of the proposed amendment and copies of any concurrent resolution agreed to by both Houses of Congress prescribing the mode of ratification.
Provides that an amendment shall become valid when ratified by three-fourths of the States. Permits a State to rescind its ratification, except when valid ratifications by three-fourths of the States exist.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Subcommittee on Constitution. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.
Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1263.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with amendments. With written report No. 98-594. Additional and supplemental views filed.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with amendments. With written report No. 98-594. Additional and supplemental views filed.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1155.
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