Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control entitlement spending.
Latest action · Oct 28, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a bill that increases entitlement spending or creates a new entitlement program from becoming law unless it: (1) is approved by a two-thirds majority of each house of Congress, or (2) provides that the increase or program shall terminate after not more than seven years.
Prohibits a bill that increases entitlement spending or creates a new entitlement program from becoming law unless it is spending neutral or creates net savings to the government. Requires the President to implement and Congress to prescribe spending reductions if the law is not spending neutral or does not create net savings when averaged over the previous two fiscal years.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Nov 19, 2014; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-LA | Steve Scalise | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Original | Sep 18, 2014 |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Nov 19, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 18, 2014 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Oct 28, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2014Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H7892H.J. Res. 126–127 | — | Sep 18, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7892.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control entitlement spending.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
