States findings of the Legislature and requests that Congress either propose a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution or call a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT OR ARTICLE V CONVENTION -- States findings of the Legislature and requests that Congress either propose a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution or call a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes the growing national debt as a legitimate threat to the United States of America and calls upon the United States Congress to send to the states for ratification, a Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the absence of such action, after a date certain, the Idaho Legislature files application for an Article V Convention for the sole purpose of proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the States for Ratification.
LATEST ACTION
Retained on calendar