Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

3.0.0 36 2025-01-27T23:24:37Z 2025-01-27T23:24:37Z House H HJRES 2023-03-01 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BIGGS:H.J. Res. 36.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The single subject is proposing a balenced budget amendmentto the Constitution.[Page H1052]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-03-01T14:07:30Z Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced. 118 67 HJRES 2023-06-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced. 118 75 HJRES 2023-06-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2023-03-01 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-03-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-03-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001302 Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] Andy Biggs R AZ 5 N Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt 2025-01-15T18:40:35Z Constitution and constitutional amendments 2025-01-15T18:40:35Z Legislative rules and procedure 2025-01-15T18:40:35Z Economics and Public Finance 2023-06-05T17:00:29Z

00 2023-03-01 Introduced in House 2025-01-27T23:24:30Z <p>This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year.</p><p>The amendment also prohibits (1) increases to the federal debt limit, and (2) a bill that increases revenue from becoming law unless the bill has been approved by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress with a rollcall vote.</p>

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Display Title 45 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2024-07-24T15:23:46Z Official Title as Introduced 6 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 2024-03-18T20:24:19Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hjres36ih/xml/BILLS-118hjres36ih.xml 2023-03-01 Referred to the House 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.