[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 88 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 88

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 provide that certain trust funds are outside the budget of the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2004

   Mr. Taylor of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
    Jefferson, Mr. Berry, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, and Mr. Boswell) 
 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 to 
 provide that certain trust funds are outside the budget of the United 
                                States.

    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. The receipts (including attributable interest) and 
outlays of the following trust funds shall not be counted as receipts 
or outlays of the United States: the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, and the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund.
    ``Section 2. Congress shall enforce and implement this Article by 
appropriate legislation.
    ``Section 3. This Article shall take effect beginning with the 
first fiscal year beginning at least 180 days after its 
ratification.''.
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