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HJRES 22 109th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Balanced budgets Budget deficits Congress Congressional voting Constitutional amendments Federal budgets Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Law Old age, survivors and disability insurance Record votes Social Welfare

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Introduced: February 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Apr 4, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Feb 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.

Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each House to increase the public debt limit.

Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.

Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each House by rollcall vote.

Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.

Requires the appropriate congressional committees to report implementing legislation to achieve a balanced budget without increasing the receipts or reducing the disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to achieve that goal.

What's happening now April 4, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 17, 2005
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 17, 2005
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Costa, Jim
California · Feb 17, 2005
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Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 17, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 22: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-22/
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"H.J. Res. 22: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-22/.
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H.J. Res. 22, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-22/.
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