[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 53 Introduced in House (IH)]



107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 53

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
requiring a two-thirds vote to pass legislation that would result in a 
   deficit in the budget of the United States for any fiscal period.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2001

  Mr. Tanner (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Moore, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. 
  Carson of Oklahoma, Mr. Lucas of Kentucky, Mr. Baca, Mr. Hill, Mr. 
 Matheson, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. John, Mr. Turner, Mr. Shows, 
Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Sandlin) 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 of the United States 
requiring a two-thirds vote to pass legislation that would result in a 
   deficit in the budget of the United States for any fiscal period.

    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 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 for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure the 
enactment of which would result in a deficit in the budget of the 
United States for any fiscal period shall require for final adoption in 
each House the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of that House 
voting and present. On any vote for which the concurrence of two-thirds 
is required under this article, the yeas and nays of the Members of 
either House shall be entered on the Journal of that House.
    ``Section 2. The Congress may waive the requirements of this 
article when a declaration of war is in effect. The Congress may also 
waive this article when the United States is engaged in military 
conflict which causes an imminent and serious 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. Any such 
waiver shall be effective for not longer than two years.''.
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