[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 14 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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THE BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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                         DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 2

  Mr. DURBIN proposed an amendment to the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 
1) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require a balanced budget; as follows:

       On page 3, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:
       ``The provisions of this article may be waived for any 
     fiscal year in which there is an economic recession or 
     serious economic emergency in the United States as declared 
     by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole 
     number of each House, which becomes law.''

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