[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1574-S1575]
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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                 HOLLINGS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 9

  Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
Reid, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Daschle) 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 1, beginning on line 3, strike ``That the'' and all 
     that follows through page 2, line 5, and insert the 
     following: ``That the following articles are proposed as 
     amendments to the Constitution, either or both of which 
     articles shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part 
     of the Constitution when ratified by the legislators of 
     three-fourths of the several States within 7 years after the 
     date of its submission for ratification:''.
       On page 3, after line 16, add the following:

                              ``Article--

       ``Section 1. Congress shall have power to set reasonable 
     limits on the amount of contributions that may be accepted 
     by, and the amount of expenditures that may be made by, in 
     support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination 
     for election to, or for election to, Federal office.
       ``Section 2. A State shall have power to set reasonable 
     limits on the amount of contributions that maybe accepted by, 
     and the

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     amount of expenditures that may be made by, in support of, or 
     in opposition to, a candidate for nomination for election to, 
     or for election to, State or local office.
       ``Section 3. Congress shall have power to implement and 
     enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''.
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                        KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 10

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Kennedy) proposed an amendment to the joint 
resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 1, supra; as follows:

       On page 3, at the end of line 14, insert the following: 
     ``Unless specifically otherwise provided by such law, 
     Congress shall have exclusive authority to enforce the 
     provisions of this Article.''

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