HJRES 56 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 11, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 7, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.

Prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the preceding calendar year unless Congress, by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess over such 18%.

Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.

Prohibits any bill from becoming law that imposes a new tax or increases the statutory rate of any tax or the aggregate amount of revenue, unless approved by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber.

Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber to increase the federal debt limit.

Authorizes waivers of these requirements: (1) when a declaration of war is in effect against a nation-state and Congress, by a majority roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess; or (2) under other specified circumstances involving military conflict, if Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes such waiver.

Prohibits a federal or state court from ordering any increase in revenue to enforce this article.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2011 to Nov 4, 2011, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WACathy McMorris RodgersOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-NVDean HellerOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-MTDenny RehbergOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-UTJason ChaffetzOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-NJLeonard LanceOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-IDRaul R. LabradorOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-UTRob BishopOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-KSTim HuelskampOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-PATom MarinoOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-FLVern BuchananOriginalApr 7, 2011
R-MOVicky HartzlerOriginalApr 7, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 11, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
  2. Apr 7, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Apr 7, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 7, 2011Introduced in House

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