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HJRES 61 103th Congress House

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 per centum of the Nation's…

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Official title: 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 per centum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.

Introduced: September 30, 1993 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance Balanced budgetsBudget deficitsConstitutional amendmentsDeficit financing
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It never became law before the 103rd Congress (1993–1994) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 1994
See H.J.Res.103.
Feb 10, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Jan 6, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 6, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E84)
Jan 6, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 1994

See H.J.Res.103.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits in any fiscal year total Federal outlays from exceeding total receipts and Federal outlays from exceeding 19 percent of the Nation's gross national product. Allows such prohibitions to be suspended by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House of Congress.

Grants the President the authority to separately approve, reduce, or disapprove any spending provision of a bill.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 103 Procedurally related Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for gr…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 2
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 16, 1994
COMBEST, LARRY
· Sep 30, 1993
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · May 26, 1993
BALLENGER, CASS
· Feb 2, 1993
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Feb 2, 1993
GOSS, PORTER
· Feb 2, 1993
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 61: 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 per centum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HJRES-61/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 61: 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 per centum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HJRES-61/.
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H.J. Res. 61, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HJRES-61/.
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[H.J. Res. 61: 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 per centum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HJRES-61/)
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