[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 33 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 33

   Providing for consideration of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 1) 
proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 1995

 Mr. Gephardt (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Fazio, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. 
 Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Richardson, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Miller 
   of California, Mr. Obey, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Mfume, Mr. 
   Moakley, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Brown of California, and Mr. 
Schumer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Providing for consideration of a joint resolution (H. J. Res. 1) 
proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United 
                                States.

    Resolved, That immediately after the adoption of this resolution 
the House shall resolve into the Committee of the Whole House on the 
state of the Union for consideration of the joint resolution (H. J. 
Res. 1) proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. The first reading of the joint resolution shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against the joint resolution and 
against its consideration are waived. General debate shall be confined 
to the joint resolution and shall not exceed 10 hours equally divided 
and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
designees. After general debate the joint resolution shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendments 
printed in section 2 of this resolution shall be considered as adopted 
in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The joint resolution, 
as so amended, shall be considered as read. At the conclusion of 
consideration of the joint resolution for amendment the Committee shall 
rise and report the joint resolution to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the joint resolution and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.
    Sec. 2. The amendments considered as adopted in the House and in 
the Committee of the Whole are:
            Strike ``That the following article'' and insert the 
        following:

``SECTION 1. PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENT.

    ``Upon the adoption of a concurrent resolution containing the 
matter described in section 2 of this joint resolution, the following 
article ''.
            At the end, add the following new section:

``SEC. 2. CONTENT OF REQUIRED CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.

    ``(a) Contents.--The concurrent resolution referred to in section 1 
shall set forth a budget plan to achieve a balanced budget (that 
complies with the article of amendment proposed by that section) not 
later than the first fiscal year required by the article of amendment 
as follows:
            ``(1) a budget for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal 
        year 1996 and ending with that first fiscal year (required by 
        the article of amendment) containing--
                    ``(A) aggregate levels of new budget authority, 
                outlays, revenues, and the deficit or surplus;
                    ``(B) totals of new budget authority and outlays 
                for each major functional category;
                    ``(C) new budget authority and outlays, on an 
                account-by-account basis, for each account with actual 
                outlays or offsetting receipts of at least $100,000,000 
                in fiscal year 1994; and
                    ``(D) an allocation of Federal revenues among the 
                major sources of such revenues;
            ``(2) a detailed list and description of changes in Federal 
        law (including laws authorizing appropriations or direct 
        spending and tax laws) required to carry out the plan and the 
        effective date of each such change; and
            ``(3) reconciliation directives to the appropriate 
        committees of the House of Representatives and Senate 
        instructing them to submit legislative changes to the Committee 
        on the Budget of the House or Senate, as the case may be, to 
        implement the plan set forth in the concurrent resolution.
    ``(b) Procedures.--The directives required by subsection (a)(3) 
shall be deemed to be directives within the meaning of section 310(a) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Upon receiving all legislative 
submissions from committees under subsection (a)(3), each Committee on 
the Budget shall combine all such submissions (without substantive 
revision) into an omnibus reconciliation bill and report that bill to 
its House. The procedures set forth in section 310 shall govern the 
consideration of that reconciliation bill in the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
    ``(c) CBO Scoring.--The budget plan described in subsection (a) 
shall be based upon Congressional Budget Office economic and technical 
assumptions and estimates of the spending and revenue effects of the 
legislative changes described in subsection (a)(2).''.
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