1 Further proceedings of the convention shall be conducted in 2 accordance with such rules, not inconsistent with this Act, as

3 the convention may adopt.

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(b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 5 sums as may be necessary for the payment of the expenses of 6 the convention.

7 (c) The Administrator of the General Services shall pro8 vide such facilities, and the Congress and each executive de9 partment, agency, or authority of the United States, includ10 ing the legislative branch and the judicial branch except that 11 no declaratory judgment may be required shall provide such 12 information and assistance as the convention may require, 13 upon written request made by the elected presiding officer of 14 the convention.

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PROCEDURES OF THE CONVENTION

SEC. 9. (a) In voting on any question before the conven

17 tion, including the proposal of amendments, each delegate

18 shall have one vote.

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(b) The convention shall keep a daily verbatim record of 20 its proceedings and publish the same. The vote of the dele21 gates on any question shall be entered on the record.

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(c) The convention shall terminate its proceedings 23 within one year after the date of its first meeting unless the 24 period is extended by the Congress by concurrent resolution.

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(d) Within thirty days after the termination of the pro

2 ceedings of the convention, the presiding officer shall trans

3 mit to the Archivist of the United States all records of official

4 proceedings of the convention.

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PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENTS

SEC. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this

7 section, a convention called under this Act may propose 8 amendments to the Constitution by a vote of a majority of the 9 total number of delegates to the convention.

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(b) No convention called under this Act may propose 11 any amendment or amendments of a nature different from 12 that stated in the concurrent resolution calling the conven13 tion. Questions arising under this subsection shall be deter14 mined solely by the Congress of the United States and its 15 decisions shall be binding on all others, including State and 16 Federal courts.

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APPROVAL BY THE CONGRESS AND TRANSMITTAL TO THE

STATES FOR RATIFICATION

SEC. 11. (a) The presiding officer of the convention

20 shall, within thirty days after the termination of its proceed21 ings, submit to the Congress the exact text of any amend22 ment or amendments agreed upon by the convention.

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(b)(1) Whenever a constitutional convention called under 24 this Act has transmitted to the Congress a proposed amend25 ment to the Constitution, the President of the Senate and the

1 Speaker of the House of Representatives, acting jointly, shall 2 transmit such amendment to the Administrator of General 3 Services upon the expiration of the first period of ninety days 4 of continuous session of the Congress following the date of 5 receipt of such amendment unless within that period both 6 Houses of the Congress have agreed to (A) a concurrent res7 olution directing the earlier transmission of such amendment 8 to the Administrator of General Services and specifying in 9 accordance with article V of the Constitution the manner in 10 which such amendment shall be ratified, or (B) a concurrent 11 resolution stating that the Congress disapproves the submis12 sion of such proposed amendment to the States because such 13 proposed amendment relates to or includes a subject which 14 differs from or was not included among the subjects named or 15 described in the concurrent resolution of the Congress by 16 which the convention was called, or because the procedures 17 followed by the convention in proposing the amendment were 18 not in substantial conformity with the provisions of this Act. 19 No measure agreed to by the Congress which expresses dis20 approval of any such proposed amendment for any other 21 reason, or without a statement of any reason, shall relieve 22 the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 23 Representatives of the obligation imposed upon them by the 24 first sentence of this paragraph.

1 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, 2 (A) the continuity of a session of the Congress shall be 3 broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and 4 (B) the days on which either House is not in session because 5 of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain 6 shall be excluded in the computation of the period of ninety 7 days.

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(c) Upon receipt of any such proposed amendment to the 9 Constitution, the Administrator shall transmit forthwith to 10 each of the several States a duly certified copy thereof, a 11 copy of any concurrent resolution agreed to by both Houses 12 of the Congress which prescribes the time within which and 13 the manner in which such amendment shall be ratified, and a 14 copy of this Act.

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RATIFICATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

SEC. 12. (a) Any amendment proposed by the conven17 tion and submitted to the States in accordance with the pro18 visions of this Act shall be valid for all intents and purposes 19 as part of the Constitution of the United States when duly 20 ratified by three-fourths of the States in the manner and 21 within the time specified.

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(b) Acts of ratification shall be by convention or by State 23 legislative action as the Congress may direct or as specified 24 in subsection (c) of this section. For the purpose of ratifying 25 proposed amendments transmitted to the States pursuant to

1 this Act the State legislatures shall adopt their own rules of 2 procedure. Any State action ratifying a proposed amendment 3 to the Constitution shall be valid without the assent of the 4 Governor of the State.

5 (c) Except as otherwise prescribed by concurrent resolu6 tion of the Congress, any proposed amendment to the Consti7 tution shall become valid when ratified by the legislatures of 8 three-fourths of the several States within seven years of the 9 date of the submission thereof to the States, or within such 10 other period of time as may be prescribed by such proposed 11 amendment.

12 (d) The secretary of state of the State, or if there be no 13 such officer, the person who is charged by State law with 14 such function, shall transmit a certified copy of the State 15 action ratifying any proposed amendment to the Administra16 tor of General Services.

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RESCISSION OF RATIFICATIONS

18 SEC. 13. (a) Any State may rescind its ratification of a 19 proposed amendment by the same processes by which it rati20 fied the proposed amendment, except that no State may re21 scind when there are existing valid ratifications of such 22 amendment by three-fourths of the States.

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(b) Any State may ratify a proposed amendment even

24 though it previously may have rejected the same proposal.

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