[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 12 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                 H.R. 5

                  Offered By: Mr. Fields of Louisiana

       Amendment No. 151: In section 4, strike ``or'' after the 
     semicolon at the end of paragraph (6), strike the period at 
     the end of paragraph (7) and insert ``; or'', and after 
     paragraph (7) add the following new paragraph:
       [[Page H469]] (8) establishes standards for the education 
     or safety of students in elementary or secondary public 
     schools.

                                 H.R. 5

                  Offered By: Mr. Fields of Louisiana

       Amendment No. 152: In section 301, in the proposed section 
     422 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, strike ``or'' 
     after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (6), strike the 
     period at the end of paragraph (7) and insert ``; or'', and 
     after paragraph (7) add the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) establishes standards for the education or safety of 
     students in elementary or secondary public schools.
                                 H.R. 5

                         Offered By: Mr. Green

       Amendment No. 153: In section 4, strike ``or'' after the 
     semicolon at the end of paragraph (6), strike the period at 
     the end of paragraph (7) and insert ``; or'', and after 
     paragraph (7) add the following new paragraph:
       (8) regulates the licensing, construction, or operation of 
     nuclear reactors or the disposal of nuclear waste.

                                 H.R. 5

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee

       Amendment No. 154: In section 4, strike ``or'' after the 
     semicolon at the end of paragraph (6), strike the period at 
     the end of paragraph (7) and insert ``; or'', and after 
     paragraph (7) add the following new paragraph:
       (8) is necessary to protect against hunger or homelessness.

                                 H.R. 5

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee

       Amendment No. 155: In section 4, strike ``or'' after the 
     semicolon at the end of paragraph (6), strike the period at 
     the end of paragraph (7) and insert ``; or'', and after 
     paragraph (7) add the following new paragraph:
       (8) pertains to Medicaid.

                                 H.R. 5

                         Offered By: Mr. Schiff

       Amendment No. 156: Amend title I to read as follows:

              TITLE I--REVIEW OF UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES

     SEC. 101. REPORT ON UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES BY ADVISORY 
                   COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Advisory Commission shall in 
     accordance with this section--
       (1) investigate and review the role of unfunded Federal 
     mandates in intergovernmental relations and their impact on 
     State, local, tribal, and Federal Government objectives and 
     responsibilities, and their impact on the competitive balance 
     between States, local and tribal governments, and the private 
     sector; and
       (2) make recommendations to the President and the Congress 
     regarding--
       (A) allowing flexibility for State, local, and tribal 
     governments in complying with specific unfunded Federal 
     mandates for which terms of compliance are unnecessarily 
     rigid or complex;
       (B) reconciling any 2 or more unfunded Federal mandates 
     which impose contradictory or inconsistent requirements;
       (C) terminating unfunded Federal mandates which are 
     duplicative, obsolete, or lacking in practical utility;
       (D) suspending, on a temporary basis, unfunded Federal 
     mandates which are not vital to public health and safety and 
     which compound the fiscal difficulties of State, local, and 
     tribal governments, including recommendations for triggering 
     such suspension;
       (E) consolidating or simplifying unfunded Federal mandates, 
     or the planning or reporting requirements of such mandates, 
     in order to reduce duplication and facilitate compliance by 
     State, local, and tribal governments with those mandates;
       (F) establishing common Federal definitions or standards to 
     be used by State, local, and tribal governments in complying 
     with unfunded Federal mandates that use different definitions 
     or standards for the same terms or principles; and
       (G) establishing procedures to ensure that, in cases in 
     which a Federal private sector mandate applies to private 
     sector entities which are competing directly or indirectly 
     with States, local governments, or tribal governments for the 
     purpose of providing substantially similar goods or services 
     to the public, any relief from unfunded Federal mandates is 
     applied in the same manner and to the same extent to the 
     private sector entities as it is to the States, local 
     governments, and tribal governments with which they compete.

     Each recommendation under paragraph (2) shall, to the extent 
     practicable, identify the specific unfunded Federal mandates 
     to which the recommendation applies.
       (b) Criteria.--
       (1) In general.--The Advisory Commission shall establish 
     criteria for making recommendations under subsection (a).
       (2) Issuance of proposed criteria.--The Advisory Commission 
     shall issue proposed criteria under this subsection not later 
     than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
     thereafter provide a period of 30 days for submission by the 
     public of comments on the proposed criteria.
       (3) Final criteria.--Not later than 45 days after the date 
     of issuance of proposed criteria, the Advisory Commission 
     shall--
       (A) consider comments on the proposed criteria received 
     under paragraph (2);
       (B) adopt and incorporate in final criteria any 
     recommendations submitted in those comments that the Advisory 
     Commission determines will aid the Advisory Commission in 
     carrying out its duties under this section; and
       (C) issue final criteria under this subsection.
       (c) Preliminary Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 9 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Advisory Commission shall--
       (A) prepare and publish a preliminary report on its 
     activities under this title, including preliminary 
     recommendations pursuant to subsection (a);
       (B) publish in the Federal Register a notice of 
     availability of the preliminary report; and
       (C) provide copies of the preliminary report to the public 
     upon request.
       (2) Public hearings.--The Advisory Commission shall hold 
     public hearings on the preliminary recommendations contained 
     in the preliminary report of the Advisory Commission under 
     this subsection.
       (d) Final Report.--Not later than 3 months after the date 
     of the publication of the preliminary report under subsection 
     (c), the Advisory Commission shall submit to the Congress, 
     including the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and to the President a 
     final report on the findings, conclusions, and 
     recommendations of the Advisory Commission under this 
     section.

     SEC. 102. SPECIAL AUTHORITIES OF ADVISORY COMMISSION.

       (a) Experts and Consultants.--The Advisory Commission may 
     procure temporary and intermittent services of experts or 
     consultants under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       (b) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon request of the 
     Executive Director of the Advisory Commission, the head of 
     any Federal department of agency may detail, on a 
     reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department 
     or agency to the Advisory Commission to assist it in carrying 
     out its duties under this title.
       (c) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of 
     the Advisory Commission, the Administrator of General 
     Services shall provide to the Advisory Commission, on a 
     reimbursable basis, the administrative support services 
     necessary for the Advisory Commission to carry out its duties 
     under this title.
       (d) Contract Authority.--The Advisory Commission may, 
     subject to appropriations, contract with and compensate 
     Government and private agencies or persons for property and 
     services used to carry out its duties under this title.

     SEC. 103. DEFINITION.

       In this title:
       (1) Advisory commission.--The term ``Advisory Commission'' 
     means the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
       (2) Federal mandate.--The term ``Federal mandate'' means 
     any provision in statute or regulation or any Federal court 
     ruling that imposes an enforceable duty upon States, local 
     governments, or tribal governments including a condition of 
     Federal assistance or a duty arising from participation in a 
     voluntary Federal program.
                                 H.R. 5

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 157: Insert the following new paragraphs at 
     the end of the proposed section 424(a) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974:
       ``(5) Consideration of cost savings from federal 
     mandates.--For each bill or joint resolution of a public 
     character reported by any committee that establishes, 
     modifies, or repeals a Federal mandate, the Director shall 
     prepare and submit to the committee a statement describing 
     the cost savings that would accrue to the private and public 
     sectors from such Federal mandate, including long and short 
     term health care and environmental cost savings. Such 
     statements shall include a quantitative assessment of such 
     cost savings to the extent practicable.
       ``(6) Consideration of benefits of federal mandates.--For 
     each bill or joint resolution of a public character reported 
     by any committee that establishes, modifies, or repeals a 
     Federal mandate, the Director shall prepare and submit to the 
     committee a statement describing the benefits of such Federal 
     mandate, including benefits to human health, welfare, the 
     environment, and the economy. Such statement shall include a 
     quantitative assessment of such benefits to the extent 
     practicable.

                                 H.R. 5

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 158: In paragraph (4) of section 202(a), 
     insert before ``the effect'' the following: ``estimates by 
     the agency, if and to the extent that the agency determines 
     that accurate estimates are reasonably feasible, of''.

                                 H.R. 5

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 159: At the end of title II add the 
     following:

     SEC. 206. DEFINITION.

       As used in this title, the term ``Federal mandate'' does 
     not include a Federal intergovernmental mandate which imposes 
     an environmental standard upon the activities of a State, 
     local, or tribal government and 
     [[Page H470]] which imposes the same standard on any similar 
     activities of the private sector.
                                 H.R. 5

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 160: Paragraph (4)(A)(i) of the proposed 
     section 421 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
     amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause (I) and by 
     adding after subclause (II) the following new subclause:
       (III) an environmental standard which applies to the 
     activities of a State, local, or tribal government and which 
     applies equally to any similar activities of the private 
     sector; or

                                 H.R. 5

                         Offered By: Mr. Vento

       Amendment No. 161: In section 301(2), in the matter 
     proposed to be added as a new section 422 to the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, strike ``or'' after the 
     semicolon at the end of paragraph (6), strike the period at 
     the end of paragraph (7) and insert ``; or'', and at the end 
     add the following new paragraph:
       (8) applies to life threatening public health and safety 
     matters.

                              H.J. Res. 1

                    Offered By: Mr. Barton of Texas

       Amendment No. 22: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 23: At the end, strike the closing quotation 
     marks and the periods and insert the following as a 
     perfecting amendment to whichever substitute version may be 
     adopted:

     , if Congress agreed to a concurrent resolution setting forth 
     a budget plan to achieve a balanced budget not later than 
     that fiscal year as follows:
       ``(1) A budget for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal 
     year 1996 and ending with that first fiscal year (required by 
     this article) 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.
       ``(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.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 24: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 3. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military threat to national security and is so 
     declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the 
     whole number of each House, which become law.
       ``Section 4. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal. Total 
     receipts shall not include receipts (including attributable 
     interest) for the financing of benefits and administrative 
     expenses of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any 
     successor funds, and total outlays shall not include outlays 
     for disbursements of the
      Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for 
     benefits and administrative expenses and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund for benefits and 
     administrative expenses, or any successor funds. The 
     receipts and outlays referred to in the preceding sentence 
     shall be limited to receipts and outlays that provide old-
     age and survivor cash benefits for individuals based upon 
     their earnings and dependents of such earners or provide 
     disability cash benefits for disabled individuals based 
     upon their earnings and dependents of such earners.
       ``Section 5. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the hole 
     number of each House of Congress shall have passed a bill 
     approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 6. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this article shall be 
     roll-call votes.
       ``Section 7. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 8. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later, if Congress agreed to a 
     concurrent resolution setting forth a budget plan to achieve 
     a balanced budget not later than that fiscal year as follows:
       ``(1) A budget for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal 
     year 1996 and ending with that first fiscal year (required by 
     this article) 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.
       ``(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.''.

[[Page H471]]

                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 25: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which a majority of the whole number of each House 
     agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall ensure 
     that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in 
     such statement.
       ``Section 2. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 3. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 4. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal. Total 
     receipts shall not include receipts (including attributable 
     interest) for the financing of benefits and administrative 
     expenses of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any 
     successor funds, and total outlays shall not include outlays 
     for disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund for benefits and administrative expenses 
     and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for benefits 
     and administrative expenses, or any successor funds. The 
     receipts and outlays referred to in the preceding sentence 
     shall be limited to receipts and outlays that provide old-age 
     and survivor cash benefits for individuals based upon their 
     earnings and dependents of such earners or provide disability 
     cash benefits for disabled individuals based upon their 
     earnings and dependents of such earners.
       ``Section 5. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 6. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 7. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later, if Congress agreed to a 
     concurrent resolution setting forth a budget plan to achieve 
     a balanced budget not later than that fiscal year as follows:
       ``(1) A budget for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal 
     year 1996 and ending with that first fiscal year (required by 
     this article) 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.
       ``(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.''.

                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Fattah

       Amendment No. 26: At the end of section 4 add the 
     following:

     ``The provisions of this Article may also be waived for any 
     fiscal year in which the United States experiences a disaster 
     from natural causes or from causes resulting from the decay 
     of the nation's fiscal or social infrastructure and is so 
     declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the 
     whole number of each House, which becomes law.''

                              H.J. Res. 1

                 Offered By: Mr. Frank of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 27: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal. Total 
     receipts shall not include receipts (including attributable 
     interest) for the financing of benefits and administrative 
     expenses of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any 
     successor funds, and total outlays shall not include outlays 
     for disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund for benefits and administrative expenses 
     and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for benefits 
     and administrative expenses, or any successor funds. The 
     receipts and outlays referred to in the preceding sentence 
     shall be limited to receipts and outlays that provide old-age 
     and survivor cash benefits for individuals based upon their 
     earnings and dependents of such earners or provide disability 
     cash benefits for disabled individuals based upon their 
     earnings and dependents of such earners.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                       Offered By: Mr. Foglietta

       Amendment No. 28: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress. No bill making 
     appropriations for any fiscal year that would reduce the 
     level of funding for any low-income program, project, or 
     activity respecting subsistence, health, education, or 
     employment below the level for the preceding fiscal year 
     shall become law unless approved by a three-fifths majority 
     of the whole number of each House of Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       [[Page H472]] ``Section 4. Congress may waive the 
     provisions of this Article for any fiscal year in which a 
     declaration of war is in effect. The provisions of this 
     Article may be waived for any fiscal year in which the United 
     States faces an imminent and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Gephardt

       Amendment No. 29: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which a majority of the whole number of each House 
     agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall ensure 
     that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in 
     such statement.
       ``Section 2. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 3. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 4. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal. Total 
     receipts shall not include receipts (including attributable 
     interest) for the financing of benefits and administrative 
     expenses of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
     Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any 
     successor funds, and total outlays shall not include outlays 
     for disbursement of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund for benefits and administrative expenses 
     and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for benefits 
     and Administrative expenses, or any successor funds. The 
     receipts and outlays referred to in the preceding sentence 
     shall be limited to receipts and outlays that provide old-age 
     and survivor cash benefits for individuals based upon their 
     earnings and dependents of such earners or provide disability 
     cash benefits for disabled individuals based upon their 
     earnings and dependents of such earners.
       ``Section 5. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     roll-call votes.
       ``Section 6. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 7. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Hilliard

       Amendment No. 30: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal. For 
     purposes of this Article, outlays shall not include any sums 
     to carry out the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the Americans 
     with Disabilities Act of 1990.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriatse legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Hilliard

       Amendment No. 31: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consisted with the provisions of 
     this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal. For 
     purposes of this Article, outlays shall not include any sums 
     for grants to States for aid to families with dependant 
     children.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       [[Page H473]] ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect 
     for the fiscal year 2002 or for the second fiscal year 
     beginning after its ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Istook

       Amendment No. 32: Strike all after the revolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 to 
     the States for ratification:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not 
     exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall 
     provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts 
     by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States 
     held by the public shall not be increased, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law 
     for such an increase by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United 
     States Government for that fiscal year, in which total 
     outlays do not exceed total receipts.
       ``Section 4. The Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in 
     military conflict which causes an imminent and serious 
     military 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.
       ``Section 5. The Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     article by appropriate legislation which may rely on 
     estimates of outlays and receipts.
       ``Section 6. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States Government except those derived from 
     borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the 
     United States Government except for those for repayment of 
     debt principal.
       ``Section 7. This Article (except section 8) shall take 
     effect for fiscal year 2002 or for the second fiscal year 
     beginning after its ratification, whichever is later.
       ``Section 8. From the date of ratification of this Article 
     until the close of fiscal year 2004 or for the fourth fiscal 
     year beginning after its ratification, whichever is later, no 
     bill to increase revenue shall become law unless approved by 
     a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each House of 
     Congress. Thereafter, no bill to increase revenue shall 
     become law unless approved by a majority of the whole number 
     of each House by a rollcall vote.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 33: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress. This section shall not 
     apply to any bill providing for more effective measures to 
     enforce the tax laws.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                               H.J. Res 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 34: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress. This section shall not 
     apply to any bill repealing or reducing exemptions, 
     deductions, or credits available to corporations.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 35: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:
     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress. This section shall not 
     apply to any bill providing for withdrawal of most favored 
     nation trading status from a foreign nation because of human 
     rights abuses.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in 
     [[Page H474]] which a declaration of war is in effect. The 
     provisions of this Article may be waived for any fiscal year 
     in which the United States faces an imminent and serious 
     military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 36: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 if 
     ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
     States within seven years after its submission to the States 
     for ratification:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. Total outlays of the United States for any 
     fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts to the United 
     States for that fiscal year.
       ``Section 2. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United 
     States Government for that fiscal year in which total outlays 
     do not exceed total receipts.
       ``Section 3. For any fiscal year in which actual outlays 
     exceed actual receipts, the Congress shall provide by law for 
     the repayment in the ensuing fiscal year of such excess 
     outlays. If Congress fails to provide by law for repayment, 
     within fifteen days after Congress adjourns to end a session, 
     there shall be a sequestration of all outlays to eliminate a 
     budget deficit.
       ``Section 4. The provisions of this article may be waived 
     for any fiscal year only if Congress so provides by law by a 
     majority of the whole number of each House. Such waiver shall 
     be subject to veto by the President.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States Government except those derived from 
     borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the 
     United States Government, except for those for repayment of 
     debt principal.
       ``Section 6. This article shall take effect beginning with 
     fiscal year 2002 or with the second fiscal year beginning 
     after its ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 37: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 to 
     the States for ratification:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not 
     exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall 
     provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts 
     by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 2. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United 
     States Government for that fiscal year, in which total 
     outlays do not exceed total receipts.
       ``Section 3. No bill to increase revenue shall become law 
     unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each 
     House by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 4. The Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in 
     military conflict which causes an imminent and serious 
     military 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.
       ``Section 5. The Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 6. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States Government except those derived from 
     borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the 
     United States Government except for those for repayment of 
     debt principal.
       ``Section 7. This article shall take effect beginning with 
     fiscal year 2002 or with the second fiscal year beginning 
     after its ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Saxton

       Amendment No. 38: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. For each fiscal year, Congress and the 
     President shall ensure that total outlays do not increase by 
     a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income 
     the second prior year and that total outlays do not exceed 
     total receipts.
       ``Section 2. Congress may provide for a larger increase in 
     total outlays by a vote directed solely to that subject, in 
     which two-thirds of the whole number of each house agrees to 
     a bill providing for such specific additional outlays, and 
     such bill has become law.
       ``Section 3. Congress may provide for a specific excess of 
     outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject, in which a majority of each house agrees to a bill 
     providing for such specific excess of outlays over receipts, 
     and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 4. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing, and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 5. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.

                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Schaefer

       Amendment No. 39: Strike all after the enacting clause and 
     insert the following:

     Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a 
     balanced budget for the United States Government and for 
     greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 to 
     the States for ratification:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not 
     exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall 
     provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts 
     by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States 
     held by the public shall not be increased, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law 
     for such an increase by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United 
     States Government for that fiscal year in which total outlays 
     do not exceed total receipts.
       ``Section 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become law 
     unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each 
     House by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 5. The Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in 
     military conflict which causes an imminent and serious 
     military 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.
       ``Section 6. The Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on 
     estimates of outlays and receipts.
       ``Section 7. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States Government except those derived from 
     borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the 
     United States Government except for those for repayment of 
     debt principal.
       ``Section 8. This article shall take effect beginning with 
     fiscal year 2002 or with the second fiscal year beginning 
     after its ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Schiff

       Amendment No. 40: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:
     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 to 
     the States for ratification:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not 
     exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall 
     provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts 
     by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 2. For any fiscal year for which this Article is 
     in effect, receipts and outlays for any trust fund of the 
     United States shall be subject to the provisions of this 
     Article in the same manner as total receipts and total 
     outlays of the United States (except that if a trust fund has 
     an accumulated surplus from prior years, then that surplus 
     may be counted as a receipt for purposes of the statement 
     required by section 1 for the fiscal year to which the 
     statement applies).
       [[Page H475]] ``Section 3. The limit of the debt of the 
     United States held by the public shall not be increased, 
     unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall 
     provide by law for such an increase by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 4. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United 
     States Government for that fiscal year, in which total 
     outlays do not exceed total receipts.
       ``Section 5. No bill to increase revenue shall become law 
     unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each 
     House by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 6. The Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of was is 
     in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in 
     military conflict which causes an imminent and serious 
     military 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.
       ``Section 7. The Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on 
     estimates of outlays and receipts.
       ``Section 8. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States Government except those derived from 
     borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the 
     United States Government except for those for repayment of 
     debt principal.
       ``Section 9. This article shall take effect beginning with 
     fiscal year 2002 or with the second fiscal year beginning 
     after its ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 41: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to 
     all intends 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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provided 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. Neither the judicial power of the United 
     States nor of any State shall extend to any case arising 
     under this Article.
       ``Section 10. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 42: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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 total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall 
     provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts 
     by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States 
     held by the public shall not be increased, unless three-
     fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law 
     for such an increase by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United 
     States Government for that fiscal year, in which total 
     outlays do not exceed total receipts.
       ``Section 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become law 
     unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each 
     House by a rollcall vote.
       ``Section 5. The Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of was is 
     in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in 
     military conflict which causes an imminent and serious 
     military 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.
       ``Section 6. The Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     article by appropriate legislation,which may rely on 
     estimates of outlays and receipts.
       ``Section 7. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States Government except those derived from 
     borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the 
     United States Government except for those for repayment of 
     debt principal.
       ``Section 8. Neither the judicial power of the United 
     States nor of any State shall extend to any case arising 
     under this Article.
       ``Section 9. This article shall take effect beginning with 
     fiscal year 2002 or with the second fiscal year beginning 
     after its ratification, whichever is later.''.
                              H.J. Res. 1

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 43: Strike all after the resolving clause and 
     insert the following:

     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. Prior to each fiscal year, Congress shall, by 
     law, adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for such 
     fiscal year in which total outlays are not greater than total 
     receipts. Congress may, by law, amend that statement provide 
     revised outlays are not greater than revised receipts. 
     Congress may provide in that statement for a specific excess 
     of outlays over receipts by a vote directed solely to that 
     subject in which three-fifths of the whole number of each 
     House agree to such excess. Congress and the President shall 
     ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set 
     forth in such statement.
       ``Section 2. No bill to increase tax revenue shall become 
     law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole 
     number of each House of Congress. No bill to decrease social 
     security payments shall become law unless approved by a 
     three-fifths majority of the whole number of each House of 
     Congress.
       ``Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall 
     transmit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and 
     outlays for such fiscal year consistent with the provisions 
     of this Article.
       ``Section 4. Congress may waive the provisions of this 
     Article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is 
     in effect. The provisions of this Article may be waived for 
     any fiscal year in which the United States faces an imminent 
     and serious military 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.
       ``Section 5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of 
     the United States except those derived from borrowing and 
     total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States 
     except those for the repayment of debt principal.
       ``Section 6. The amount of the debt of the United States 
     held by the public as of the date this Article takes effect 
     shall become a permanent limit on such debt and there shall 
     be no increase in such amount unless three-fifths of the 
     whole number of each House of Congress shall have passed a 
     bill approving such increase and such bill has become law.
       ``Section 7. All votes taken by the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate under this Article shall be 
     rollcall votes.
       ``Section 8. Congress shall enforce and implement this 
     Article by appropriate legislation.
       ``Section 9. This Article shall take effect for the fiscal 
     year 2002 or for the second fiscal year beginning after its 
     ratification, whichever is later.''.

                              H.J. Res. 1

                        Offered By: Mr. Volkmer

       Amendment No. 44: Amend H.J. Res. 1 as reported by striking 
     Section 2 as follows:
       1. Page 5, strike ``Section 2.'' and renumber accordingly.
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             (Legislative day of Tuesday, January 10, 1995)