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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
 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