[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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