[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7656 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7656 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2024 Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Mann, Mrs. Bice, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Balanced Budget and Accounting Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIRING PRESIDENTS ANNUAL BUDGET TO BE BALANCED BUDGET. Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Each budget shall be a balanced budget, and under each budget total outlays may not exceed total receipts during the applicable fiscal year.''. <all>