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HJRES 496 102th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Balanced budgets Budget deficits Constitutional amendments Deficit financing Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Government trust funds Old age, survivors and disability insurance Public debt Record votes War and emergency powers

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a balanced budget of the United States Government.

Introduced: May 28, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Jun 1, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
May 28, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
May 28, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to propose to the Congress a budget in which total expenditures do not exceed total receipts, unless that budget is accompanied by a Presidential Declaration of National Urgency.

Prohibits the Congress from approving total expenditures in excess of total receipts unless it has approved by majority rollcall vote in each House a Presidential Declaration of National Urgency.

Prohibits the Congress from approving a budget which is estimated to result in a higher amount of total expenditures than those recommended by the President.

Declares that total expenditures do not include debt redemption and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any successor funds. Declares that total receipts do not include net borrowing and receipts of such trust funds or successor funds.

What's happening now June 1, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 28, 1992
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 28, 1992
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 28, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 496: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a balanced budget of the United States Government.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-496/
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"H.J. Res. 496: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a balanced budget of the United States Government.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-496/.
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H.J. Res. 496, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HJRES-496/.
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