85R7911 E     By: Klick H.J.R. No. 78       A JOINT RESOLUTION   rescinding the 1901 and 1911 applications to the United States   Congress to call a national convention under Article V of the United   States Constitution for the direct election of U.S. Senators.          WHEREAS, In the year 1901, the 27th Texas Legislature adopted   House Concurrent Resolution No. 22, applying to the United States   Congress, pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution,   to call a convention to propose an amendment to that Constitution   which would provide that members of the United States Senate be   elected directly by the voters of each state rather than be   appointed by the legislatures thereof; and          WHEREAS, In the year 1911, the 32nd Texas Legislature adopted   House Concurrent Resolution No. 11, doing virtually the same thing;   and          WHEREAS, In the year 1912, the 62nd United States Congress   did approve House Joint Resolution No. 39, proposing to the   nation's state legislatures for ratification what we know today as   the Federal Constitution's Amendment XVII which--since its   ratification more than a century ago in 1913--has indeed provided   for election of United States Senators directly by the people; and          WHEREAS, The 33rd Texas Legislature, via adoption of its   House Joint Resolution No. 5, in 1913, did indeed ratify Amendment   XVII; and          WHEREAS, Since the purpose for which the 27th and 32nd Texas   Legislatures' aforementioned requests have been fulfilled by   alternate means--without an Article V Convention ever actually   having been triggered on the specific topic of directly electing   United States Senators--there remains no need to retain these   still-lingering Texas requests that Congress call such a convention   on that particular subject; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, By the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas,   Regular Session, 2017, that House Concurrent Resolution No. 22 of   the 27th Legislature--as well as House Concurrent Resolution No. 11   of the 32nd Legislature--be hereby rescinded, repealed, voided,   canceled and nullified; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, in a manner which would furnish confirmation   of delivery and tracking while en route, the Texas Secretary of   State shall transmit properly certified copies of this joint   resolution of rescission, pursuant to the Standing Rules of the   United States Senate (namely, Rule VII, paragraphs 4, 5, and 6), to   the Vice-President of the United States (in his capacity as   presiding officer of the United States Senate and addressed to him   in Suite S-212 of the United States Capitol Building); to the   Secretary and Parliamentarian of the United States Senate; and to   both United States Senators representing Texas; accompanied by a   cover letter to each addressee drawing attention to the fact that it   is the 85th Texas Legislature's courteous, yet firm, request that   the full and complete verbatim text of this joint resolution be duly   published in the United States Senate's portion of the   Congressional Record as an official memorial to the United States   Senate, and that this joint resolution be referred to whichever   committee or committees of the United States Senate that would have   appropriate jurisdiction in this matter; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, in a manner which would furnish confirmation   of delivery and tracking while en route, the Texas Secretary of   State shall likewise transmit properly certified copies of this   joint resolution of rescission, pursuant to the Rules of the United   States House of Representatives (namely, Rule XII, clauses 3 and   7), to the Speaker, Clerk and Parliamentarian of the United States   House of Representatives; and to all members of the United States   House of Representatives who represent districts in Texas; likewise   accompanied by a cover letter to each addressee drawing attention   to the fact that it is the 85th Legislature's courteous, yet firm,   request that the substance of this joint resolution be accurately   summarized in the United States House of Representatives' portion   of the Congressional Record as an official memorial to the United   States House of Representatives, and that this joint resolution be   referred to whichever committee or committees of the United States   House of Representatives that would have appropriate jurisdiction   in this matter.