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This resolution is an official application by the West Virginia Legislature to Congress, invoking Article V of the U.S. Constitution, to call a limited convention of states for proposing constitutional amendments that would require specific high-ranking government officials to be natural born U.S. citizens with sole and exclusive U.S. citizenship. The proposed amendments would specifically mandate that members of Congress (Representatives and Senators), federal judges nominated by the President, and Cabinet Secretaries must be natural born citizens, meaning individuals who were citizens from birth and do not hold citizenship in any other country. The resolution emphasizes that this application is a continuing request until at least two-thirds of state legislatures have made similar applications, and it directs the state's House Clerk to distribute copies of the resolution to key federal and state legislative leaders, seeking their cooperation in advancing this constitutional amendment initiative. By using the Article V convention process, the resolution seeks to circumvent traditional congressional amendment procedures and directly engage state legislatures in modifying citizenship requirements for top government positions.

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http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Resolution_History.cfm?year=2025&sessiontype=RS&input4=73&billtype=CR&houseorig=H&btype=res