[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION RELATIVE TO REQUIRING A 
                     BALANCED BUDGET--S.J. RES. 24

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    PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 
             RELATIVE TO BALANCING THE BUDGET--S.J. RES. 10

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Judiciary 
Committee is discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 10 and 
S.J. Res. 24, and the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the 
resolutions en bloc, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 24) proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution relative to requiring a balanced budget.
       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 10) proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing 
     the budget.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 8 
hours of debate on the resolutions, equally divided and controlled 
between the two leaders or their designees.
  Under the previous order, the title of the joint resolutions is 
amended.
  The amendments (Nos. 1459 and 1460) are as follows:


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1459

       To amend the title so as to read:
       ``Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States''


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1460

       To amend the title so as to read:
       ``Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States''

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