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SJRES 5 98th Congress Senate Economics and Public Finance Balanced budgets Congress and Members of Congress Congressional budget Congressional-Presidential relations Constitution and constitutional amendments Constitutional amendments Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Legislation National income

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

Introduced: January 26, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 1984
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1214.
Sep 20, 1984
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 98-628. Additional and minority views filed.
Sep 13, 1984
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Jun 7, 1984
Committee on Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Apr 26, 1984
Committee on Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Apr 5, 1984
Committee on Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
Mar 15, 1984
Subcommittee on Constitution. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment favorably.
Mar 6, 1984
Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1084.
Dec 12, 1983
Subcommittee on Constitution. Hearings held at Los Angeles, California.
Feb 22, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Jan 26, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 26, 1983
Introduced in Senate
 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 September 20, 1984

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1214.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1