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This is a list of known applications by the states for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution under Article Five of the United States Constitution. Congress has not kept a formal record of all applications received from the states, beyond publication in the ''Congressional Record''. However, On January 6, 2015 Congress began the process of counting applications submitted by the states with the passage of a House rule in the House of Representatives. The rule calls for publication of all applications for a convention "made in pursuance of Article V" as well as state rescissions. Notably the rule does not describe rescissions as being "in pursuance" of Article V.〔http://www.foavc.org/reference/file59.pdf〕 In 1990, Judge Bruce Van Sickle and attorney Lynn M. Boughey compiled a list from the ''Congressional Record'' of state applications for an Article V Convention in the Hamline Law Review. This list of applications has been expanded and maintained by the organization (''Friends of the Article V Convention'' ), which sponsored a complete review of the ''Congressional Record'' from 2008-2010. ==Van Sickle-Boughey Classification== In A Lawful and Peaceful Revolution,〔Van Sickle, Judge Bruce M. ''A Lawful and Peaceful Revolution: Article V and Congress' Present Duty to Call a Convention for Proposing Amendments.''. Hamline Law Review, Volume 14, Fall 1990, p. 1.〕 Judge Bruce Van Sickle and attorney Lynn M. Boughey define five classifications of applications. * Class I: A call for a general convention, with no motivating issue listed. * Class II: A call for a general convention, with a separate statement of proposed amendment or explicit statement that the convention may consider other amendments proposed by states. * Class III: A call for a general convention tied to a proposed amendment. * Class IV: A call for a convention, with language aimed to limit the convention to the issue presented. * Class V: A call for a convention, with language to rescind the application from consideration for a convention if any other topic is to be covered. The following is added to this list, where the original text was not recorded in the congressional record. * Class ??: A note of an application without the actual text. Van Sickle and Boughey indicate which applications have been rescinded by their state by encasing these in parentheses, and make no note of which applications have led to amendments proposed by congress. It is unclear from the language of Article V—and subject to debate—as to whether an application, once made by a state legislature, may be subsequently revoked by that state's legislature. It is also unclear whether congress proposing an amendment negates all applications directed toward that topic. In the table below, the classification of rescinded applications are stricken, with the year of rescission given in parentheses and a link to the record of the rescission. Those applications which lead to amendments proposed by congress are listed in parentheses. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of state applications for an Article V Convention」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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