April 27, 2006, Introduced by Senators STAMAS, GILBERT, ALLEN, KUIPERS, GARCIA, BIRKHOLZ, JOHNSON, BISHOP, BARCIA, VAN WOERKOM, SANBORN and CROPSEY and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution ratifying the proposed amendment to the
constitution of the United States relating to apportionment of the
House of Representatives of the United States being based on the
number of citizens in each state.
Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the 109th Congress of the United States of
America, at its session, in both houses, by a constitutional
majority of two-thirds of both houses has made the following
proposition to amend the constitution of the United States.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several
States according to their respective numbers, counting the number
of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each
House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which
shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the
Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of
the several States within seven years after the date of its
submission for ratification:
"ARTICLE XXVIII
"Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States
according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by
counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of
the United States.".
Therefore, in the name of, and on behalf of, the people of the
state of Michigan, we ratify, approve, and assent to the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the United States.
Resolved further, That certified copies of this joint
resolution be transmitted by the governor of the state of Michigan,
to the president of the United States, the archivist of the United
States, the president of the Senate of the United States, and the
speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.