; and (B) the date on which the legislature adopted the resolution or measure. (3) Other forms of Application or recision If a State submits an application or rescission in a manner that is inconsistent with this section, and the application or rescission does not have an authenticating signature of a member of the respective states legislature, the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate shall confirm the authenticity of the application or rescission through a search of public records. If unable to confirm through a public records search, the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate shall notify the appropriate State official and request a letter from that State official, with the authenticating signature of that State official, confirming the application or rescission’s authenticity. (4) Noncompliance with the recommendations of this section not a basis for Congress to refuse to accept an application or rescission The failure of a State legislature to comply with any of the procedures recommended in this section is not a basis for a refusal by Congress to accept or count an application or rescission. 5. Savings clause Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to expand in any way the specific, limited duties assigned to Congress under article V of the Constitution. 6. Definitions In this Act— (1) the terms transmit to Congress and submit to Congress mean transmission or submission, as the case may be, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate; (2) the term application means any resolution or other measure, agreed upon by a State legislature, that purports to be a request to Congress to call a convention pursuant to article V of the Constitution