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HJRES 35 113th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Constitution and constitutional amendments Income tax rates Legislative rules and procedure

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal budget.

Introduced: March 14, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Mar 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 14, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits all outlays for a fiscal year (including those for debt service and other debt functions) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.

Requires a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit.

Prohibits outlays for the total budget from exceeding the previous fiscal years' outlays plus population growth and inflation, unless such increase is approved by two-thirds of each chamber by a roll call vote.

Directs the House of Representatives to develop a balanced budget annually.

Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by two-thirds of each chamber by a roll call vote.

Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect only by a vote of a majority of both chambers.

Requires all: (1) outlays above revenues from the previous fiscal year to be accounted for in the outlays and budgets of the following fiscal year; and (2) surplus revenues at the end of a fiscal year to be allocated to a fund to be returned to the taxpayers, determined by legislation before the end of the subsequent fiscal year.

What's happening now April 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.

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