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HR 6300 98th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Balanced budgets Congress and Members of Congress Congressional committees Congressional-Presidential relations Federal budgets House of Representatives Presidents and Vice Presidents Senate

A bill to require that the President transmit to the Congress, and that the congressional Budget Committees report, a balanced budget for each fiscal year.

Introduced: September 25, 1984 See on congress.gov
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Oct 3, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
Oct 3, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Budget pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
Oct 2, 1984
Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 411 - 11 (Record Vote No: 433).
Oct 2, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 411 - 11 (Record Vote No: 433).
Oct 2, 1984
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Sep 25, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Sep 25, 1984
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Sep 25, 1984
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the President to transmit to Congress for FY 1986 and each fiscal year thereafter a balanced budget.

Permits the transmittal of alternate budget proposals which, if implemented, would result in a deficit or surplus if the President determines that a balanced budget is inappropriate for any fiscal year.

Requires that any such alternate budget proposals for a fiscal year include a comprehensive plan to balance the Federal budget.

Requires the Committee on the Budget of each House to report by April 15 of every year a balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Requires the Committee on the Budget of either House also to report a comprehensive plan to balance the Federal budget, if it determines that a balanced budget is inappropriate for any fiscal year.

What's happening now October 3, 1984

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 1, 1984
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 28, 1984
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6300: A bill to require that the President transmit to the Congress, and that the congressional Budget Committees report, a balanced budget for each fiscal year.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-6300/
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"H.R. 6300: A bill to require that the President transmit to the Congress, and that the congressional Budget Committees report, a balanced budget for each fiscal year.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-6300/.
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H.R. 6300, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-6300/.
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