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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that expenditures for a fiscal year shall neither exceed revenues for such fiscal year nor 19 percentum of the Nation's…

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that expenditures for a fiscal year shall neither exceed revenues for such fiscal year nor 19 percentum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.

Introduced: February 21, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Jun 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Feb 21, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Feb 21, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Federal expenditures from exceeding revenues for any fiscal year and from exceeding 19 percent of the gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year. Provides for a suspension of such prohibitions for any fiscal year for which three-fifths of the House of the Congress provides, by rollcall vote, for a specific excess of outlays over estimated revenues.

What's happening now June 7, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 24, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 143: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that expenditures for a fiscal year shall neither exceed revenues for such fiscal year nor 19 percentum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-143/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 143: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that expenditures for a fiscal year shall neither exceed revenues for such fiscal year nor 19 percentum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-143/.
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H.J. Res. 143, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-143/.
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[H.J. Res. 143: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that expenditures for a fiscal year shall neither exceed revenues for such fiscal year nor 19 percentum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-143/)
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