[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 103 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 103

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced 
budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability 
                  in the enactment of tax legislation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1993

Mr. Stenholm (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Payne of Virginia, 
Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Barton  of Texas, 
Mr. Allard, Mr. Andrews of Texas, Mr. Archer, Mr. Armey, Mr. Bacchus of 
    Florida, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barrett of 
  Nebraska, Mr. Bateman, Mrs. Bentley, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bevill, Mr. 
  Bilbray, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
Brewster, Mr. Browder, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burton of Indiana, 
  Mr. Callahan, Mr. Camp, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Clement, Mr. Clinger, Mr. 
 Coble, Mr. Condit, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costello, Mr. Cox, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
     Crane, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Darden, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dooley, Mr. 
 Doolittle, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Edwards of Texas, 
Mr. Emerson, Mr. English of Oklahoma, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Fields 
of Texas, Mr. Fish, Mr. Franks of Connecticut, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gallo, 
  Mr. Gekas, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. 
Gingrich, Mr. Glickman, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Goss, Mr. Grandy, 
Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hastert, 
Mr. Hayes of Louisiana, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Henry, Mr. Herger, 
Mr. Hobson, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Jacobs, 
   Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Sam 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Klug, Mr. 
 Kolbe, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of 
 California, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. 
  Lloyd, Mr. Machtley, Mr. Mazzoli, Mr. McCandless, Mr. McCollum, Mr. 
McCrery, Mr. McCurdy, Mr. McDade, Mr. McMillan, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, 
Mr. Michel, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
  Murphy, Mr. Myers of Indiana, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Oxley, Mr. 
Packard, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Parker, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Penny, Mr. Peterson of 
Florida, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Petri, Mr. Pickle, Mr. Porter, 
  Mr. Poshard, Mr. Quillen, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. Regula, Mr. 
 Ridge, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Ros-
  Lehtinen, Mr. Roth, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Sangmeister, Mr. Santorum, Mr. 
Sarpalius, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Schaefer, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
 Shaw, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Smith of 
 New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Spence, Mr. Spratt, 
   Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stump, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Swett, Mr. Tanner, Mr. 
 Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. 
Thomas of California, Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Upton, 
Mr. Valentine, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Walker, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Weldon, Mr. 
   Wilson, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
    Zeliff, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. 
Baesler, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
Mr. Blute, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Canady, Mr. Castle, 
Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Coppersmith, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Deal, Mr. Diaz-
 Balart, Mr. Dickey, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Everett, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Franks of 
New Jersey, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Grams, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
Hoke, Mr. Holden, Mr. Horn, Mr. Huffington, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Inglis 
  of South Carolina, Mr. Istook, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kim, Mr. 
 King, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Levy, Mr. Linder, 
   Mr. Mann, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McInnis, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
 Meehan, Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Minge, Mr. Neal of North 
Carolina, Mr. Pombo, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Royce, Mr. Smith 
 of Michigan, Mr. Talent, and Mr. Torkildsen) introduced the following 
 joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced 
budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability 
                  in the enactment of tax legislation.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is 
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 
which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the 
Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States within seven years after the date of its submission to 
the States for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed 
total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-fifths of the whole 
number of each House of Congress shall provide by law for a specific 
excess of outlays over receipts by a rollcall vote.
    ``Section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States held by the 
public shall not be increased, unless three-fifths of the whole number 
of each House shall provide by law for an increase by a rollcall vote.
    ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United States 
Government for that fiscal year, in which total outlays do not exceed 
total receipts.
    ``Section 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become law unless 
approved by a majority of the whole number of each House by a rollcall 
vote.
    ``Section 5. The Congress may waive the provisions of this article 
for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. The 
provisions of this article may be waived for any fiscal year in which 
the United States is engaged in military conflict which causes an 
imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so 
declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole 
number of each House, which becomes law.
    ``Section 6. The Congress shall enforce and implement this article 
by appropriate legislation, which may rely on estimates of outlays and 
receipts.
    ``Section 7. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the 
United States Government except those derived from borrowing. Total 
outlays shall include all outlays of the United States Government 
except for those for repayment of debt principal.
    ``Section 8. This article shall take effect beginning with fiscal 
year 1999 or with the second fiscal year beginning after its 
ratification, whichever is later.''

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