U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.

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Session 6263: 1787-08-22 10:00:00

Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation appointed. Second Report of the Committee of Detail received. Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia debated.

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Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia (Amended)

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[Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia as Amended by the Convention]

The Legislature shall fulfil the engagements and discharge the debts of the United States.

[The Legislature of the United-States shall have power] To make laws for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the Officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by the United States

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Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia (Amended) (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - CREATE - e673856) [This document]
- Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia: Second Clause (Militia) (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673879)

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Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia (Amended) (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - CREATE - e673856) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia: First Clause (Debts) (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673857) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e673858) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Morris's Amendment to Simplify Clause on Debts (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673859) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Amendment to Liquidate the Claims (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673860) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e673861) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673862) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673863) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia: Second Clause (Militia) (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673864) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Sherman's Amendment to Remove Training of Militia from State Control (introduced on 1787-08-22 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673865) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e673868) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - DROP_PROPOSAL - e673869) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e673870) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Dayton's Amendment on Power Over the Militia (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673871) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e673872) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Ellsworth's Amendment on Power Over the Militia (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673873) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e673874) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e673875) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Refer Second Clause Back to Committee on State Debts and Militia (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e673876) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e673877) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - DROP_PROPOSAL - e673878) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia: Second Clause (Militia) (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673879) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Second Clause: First Part (Regulating Militia) (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673880) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673881) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Second Clause: Second Part (Appointment of Officers) (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673882) [This amendment shown] [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Madison's Amendment for General Officers to be Appointed by National Government (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673883) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - DEBATE_PROPOSAL - e673884) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e673885) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673886) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Second Clause: Third Part (Training Militia) (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e673887) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673888) [This moment shown] [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673889) [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1787-08-23 10:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e673890) [view current proposal at this moment]

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