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HJRES 243 98th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Balanced budgets Congress and Members of Congress Congressional budget Constitution and constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments Federal budgets Legislation National income

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to Federal budget procedures.

Introduced: April 20, 1983 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 22, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Apr 20, 1983
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Apr 20, 1983
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject.

Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law.

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

Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.

What's happening now April 22, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

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