A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per cent of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year.

3.0.0 20 2023-01-11T13:17:22Z 2023-01-11T13:17:22Z Senate S SJRES 2009-10-01 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-10-01T14:34:30Z 2009-10-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-10-01 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-10-01 True Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Constitution and constitutional amendments Economics and Public Finance

00 2009-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-09T21:55:19Z Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits, except in time of a congressionally declared war, federal fiscal year expenditures from exceeding: (1) federal revenues for that fiscal year, except revenue received from the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the United States; and (2) 20% of the gross national product for the preceding calendar year. Authorizes suspension of these prohibitions by concurrent resolution approved by a three-fifths vote of each chamber.

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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per cent of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year. Display Title A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per cent of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year. Official Title as Introduced A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per cent of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111sjres20is/xml/BILLS-111sjres20is.xml 2009-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.