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SJRES 58 97th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Congress and Congressmen Constitution and constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments Deficit financing Federal budgets Federal-state relations Inflation Law and legislation Legislation National income Public debt

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal fiscal decision-making procedures.

Introduced: March 27, 1981 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 28 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Aug 5, 1982
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Aug 4, 1982
Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 69-31. Record Vote No: 288.
Aug 4, 1982
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 69-31. Record Vote No: 288.
Aug 4, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Aug 3, 1982
Motion to reconsider the vote by which SP2010 was agreed to rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40-56. Record Vote No: 278.
Aug 3, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Aug 2, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 30, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 29, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 28, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 27, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 26, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 19, 1982
Laid aside amendment SP1931. By Unanimous Consent.
Jul 19, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 13, 1982
Considered by Senate.
Jul 12, 1982
Measure laid before Senate.
May 18, 1982
Star Print ordered S.J.RES.58.
Jul 10, 1981
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 193.
Jul 10, 1981
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch favorably with an amendment and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 97-151.
May 20, 1981
Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.
May 19, 1981
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
May 7, 1981
Subcommittee on Constitution. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
May 5, 1981
Committee on Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Apr 9, 1981
Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held.
Mar 28, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Mar 27, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 27, 1981
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 56

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to 27 failed 28 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,945 — An amendment to the Constitution to balance the budget; in the nature of a substitute. Failed Aug 4, 1982
SAMDT 2,010 — Providing that there shall be no increase in the public debt limit after this article takes effect unless the… Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 2,009 — To provide for a statutory basis for a budget that requires that any increase in outlays be financed by an eq… Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 1,996 — To require the President to submit a balanced budget for each fiscal year to the Congress, and to include wit… Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 1,989 — To eliminate limitations on the power of Congress to appropriate funds or reduce or increase revenues. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 1,985 — To require the President to submit a balanced budget for fiscal year 1984 and succeeding fiscal years. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 1,940 — To provide a statutory basis for a capital expenditures and operating expenditures budget. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 1,931 — To provide a statutory basis for a balanced budget. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SAMDT 1,928 — To provide that total outlays may exceed receipts by the same amount by which total outlays for national defe… Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,175 — IN the nature of a substitute. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,174 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal fiscal decision-making procedures. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,173 — To permit additional outlays in the case of an unforeseen and imminent condition of military emergency. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,172 — To allow a majority of the Congress to vote for deficit spending legislation once three-fifths of the Congres… Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,171 — To require the President to submit an advisory statement of receipts and outlays for each fiscal year to the … Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,170 — To provide for standing and judicial review under this article. Failed Aug 3, 1982
SUAMDT 1,169 — — Pending Aug 2, 1982
SUAMDT 1,168 — To strike the words "a majority" and insert the words "three-fifths" in section 2, relative to tax increases. Withdrawn Aug 2, 1982
SUAMDT 1,167 — — Pending Aug 2, 1982
SAMDT 2,001 — To permit the President to disapprove or reduce an item of appropriations. Withdrawn Jul 30, 1982
SAMDT 2,005 — To clarify judicial review under this section. Failed Jul 29, 1982
SAMDT 1,929 — To provide that no budget shall allow for reductions in lawful entitlement benefits under the Social Security… Failed Jul 29, 1982
SAMDT 1,915 — To permit the Congress to use fiscal policy to prevent unacceptable levels of unemployment from occurring. Failed Jul 29, 1982
SAMDT 1,912 — To permit the Congress to use fiscal policy to prevent unacceptable levels of unemployment from occurring. Failed Jul 29, 1982
SAMDT 1,910 — To permit the Congress to use fiscal policy to prevent unacceptable levels of unemployment from occurring. Failed Jul 29, 1982
SUAMDT 1,165 — To permit the Congress to use fiscal policy to prevent a depression. Failed Jul 29, 1982
SAMDT 1,994 — To provide for a waiver of the provisions of the constitutional amendment in times of national emergency. Failed Jul 28, 1982
SAMDT 1,941 — To permit Congress to waive the balanced budget requirement during periods of national economic emergency. Failed Jul 28, 1982
SAMDT 1,934 — To require the President to submit a balanced budget for each fiscal year to the Congress. Failed Jul 28, 1982
SAMDT 1,930 — To limit budget outlays for a fiscal year to not more that 20 percent of gross national product for such fisc… Withdrawn Jul 28, 1982
SAMDT 1,927 — To provide a formula for the purpose of ascertaining whether receipts conform to the directions of sections 1… Failed Jul 28, 1982
SAMDT 1,986 — To make clarifying changes in the proposed Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment. Agreed to Jul 27, 1982
SAMDT 1,933 — To require the President to submit a balanced budget for each fiscal year to the Congress. Failed Jul 27, 1982
SUAMDT 1,160 — To modify provisions of SP1986 making clarifying changes in the proposed balanced budget constitutional amend… Failed Jul 27, 1982
SUAMDT 1,076 — — Pending Jul 13, 1982
SAMDT 2,004 — To clarify judicial review under this article. Pending —
SAMDT 2,003 — — Pending —
SAMDT 2,002 — — Pending —
SAMDT 1,995 — To provide a procedure for the repeal of this article. Pending —
SAMDT 1,993 — To permit an increase in receipts by a simple majority vote of both Houses of Congress. Pending —
SAMDT 1,992 — To strike out the limitations on receipts. Pending —
SAMDT 1,991 — To insure the Congress shall not change the method provided in Article 1, section 7 of the Constitution by wh… Pending —
SAMDT 1,990 — To provide that a vote of three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall initially be required to appro… Pending —
SAMDT 1,988 — To eliminate limitations on the power of Congress to appropriate funds or reduce or increase revenues. Pending —
SAMDT 1,980 — To provide that total federal outlays in any fiscal year, except those distributed in or to foreign nations, … Pending —
SAMDT 1,979 — To establish a Commission to Determine What Is the Budget of the United States. Pending —
SAMDT 1,944 — To clarify the provisions of section 3 that provisions of the proposed article may be waived by a simple majo… Pending —
SAMDT 1,943 — To provide for additional outlays for the national defense during conditions of military urgency. Pending —
SAMDT 1,942 — To provide for additional outlays for the national defense during conditions of military emergency. Pending —
SAMDT 1,939 — To provide for a statement of outlays for capital expenditures. Pending —
SAMDT 1,932 — To require that the statement of receipts and outlays is prepared every two years. Pending —

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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to adopt for each year a budget which sets forth the total receipts and outlays of the United States. Prohibits the adoption of any budget in which outlays exceed total receipts, unless three-fifths of each House of Congress approve such budget. Prohibits Congress from passing and the President from signing any bill which would cause the total outlays for any year to exceed the total expenditures in the budget for such year.

Prohibits the retention of receipts in any year for use of the Treasury in an amount which exceeds as a proportion of the national income, the amount retained for the prior year, unless a bill directed at approving a specific increase in such proportion has been passed by a majority of each House.

Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect.

What's happening now August 6, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 27, 1981
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 58: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal fiscal decision-making procedures.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-58/
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"S.J. Res. 58: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal fiscal decision-making procedures.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-SJRES-58/.
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