HJRES 8
107th Congress
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Economics and Public Finance
Balanced budgets
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Introduced: January 31, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
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To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 31, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Federal expenditures (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding revenues (except those derived from borrowing) for any fiscal year unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress provides for a specific excess of expenditures over revenues by a rollcall vote.
Authorizes Congress to waive such prohibition when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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