[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 51 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 51

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
                       control Federal spending.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2011

Mr. Akin 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 
                       control Federal spending.

    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. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed 18 
percent of the gross domestic product of the United States for the most 
recent calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year, 
unless two-thirds of each House of Congress shall provide for a 
specific increase of outlays above this amount. Total outlays shall 
include all outlays of the United States Government, except for those 
for repayment of debt principal.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.
    ``Section 3. No court shall have jurisdiction to consider any claim 
or question arising out of this amendment or any authority to issue any 
judgment, decree, or other remedial order relating thereto.
    ``Section 4. This article shall take effect beginning with the 
fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article.''.
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