[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 17 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 17

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to Federal budget 
                              procedures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

    Mr. Darden 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 relating to Federal budget 
                              procedures.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid only if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States within seven years after its submission to the States 
for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``Section 1. Before the beginning of each fiscal year, Congress 
shall adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year, in which 
total outlays are not greater than total receipts. The Congress may 
amend such statement, but revised outlays shall be no greater than 
revised receipts. Whenever three-fifths of each House of Congress deems 
it necessary, Congress in such statement may provide for a specific 
excess of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
subject. Congress and the President shall ensure that actual outlays do 
not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement.
    ``Section 2. Total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in the 
statement adopted under this article shall not increase by a rate 
greater than the rate of increase in national income in the calendar 
year ending not less than six months or more than 12 months before the 
first day of such fiscal year, unless a majority of each House of 
Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional 
receipts and such bill becomes law.
    ``Section 3. Congress may suspend the provisions of this article 
for any fiscal year in which Congress has made a declaration of war.
    ``Section 4. For purposes of this article, total receipts includes 
all receipts of the United States except those derived from borrowing, 
and total outlays includes all outlays of the United States except 
those for repayment of debt principal.
    ``Section 5. This article shall take effect with respect to the 
second fiscal year beginning after the date on which this article is 
ratified.
    ``Section 6. Congress may enforce and implement this article by 
appropriate legislation.''.

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