[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 385 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 385

    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit 
consideration of any measure proposing a balanced-budget constitutional 
  amendment until the Congressional Budget Office certifies that the 
Federal budget has been in balance for the two most recently completed 
                             fiscal years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 1994

 Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky submitted the following resolution; which was 
                   referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit 
consideration of any measure proposing a balanced-budget constitutional 
  amendment until the Congressional Budget Office certifies that the 
Federal budget has been in balance for the two most recently completed 
                             fiscal years.

    Resolved, That rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
    ``7. It shall not be in order in the House to consider any measure 
proposing a constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget 
until the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies, in 
writing, to the House that the Federal budget has been in balance for 
the two most recently completed fiscal years before the consideration 
of that measure.''.

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