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Amend the resolution in the 2nd resolved paragraph in the 3rd to 6th lines by striking out the following: "but, if Congress proposes an amendment to the United States Constitution identical in subject matter to any of the 3 subject matters contained in this Joint Resolution, this application for a constitutional convention is no longer of any force or effect for that subject matter"
Amend the resolution by striking out all of the 4th resolved paragraph.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and removes language that provides that if Congress proposes an amendment to the United States Constitution identical in subject matter to any of the 3 subject matters in the joint resolution, the application for a constitutional convention in the joint resolution is no longer of any force or effect for that subject matter. It also removes language urging action by other states.