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H.R. 3379 104th Congress House

To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other…

Official title: To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 1, 1996 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 104th Congress (1995–1996) 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.
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May 3, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
May 2, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E703)
May 1, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 1, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 3, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law to require that the President's annual budget include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced budget in the following six years.

Requires the Congressional Budget Office's Director to determine, certify, and inform the Congress regarding whether that plan achieves a balanced budget. Requires the Congress, if the budget is certified as not being balanced, to return the budget to the President.

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it not in order in the House to consider any budget concurrent resolution unless it provides for a balanced budget. Allows the House to waive that rule if a declared war is in effect or the United States faces an imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution which becomes law. Prohibits the Rules Committee from reporting any rule or order waiving that rule.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3379: To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3379/
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"H.R. 3379: To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3379/.
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H.R. 3379, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3379/.
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[H.R. 3379: To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3379/)
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