Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Latest action · Jan 25, 2013 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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total 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 three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Limits total outlays for any fiscal year to one-fifth of the U.S. economic output, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above this amount.
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the limit on U.S. debt held by the public.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by three-fifths of each chamber by rollcall vote.
Authorizes waivers of these requirements and prohibitions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict. Requires any such waiver to identify and be limited to the specific excess or increase for that fiscal year made necessary by the identified military conflict.
Cosponsors 91
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2013 to Aug 2, 2013; 48 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Jan 3, 2013 |
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 Jan 3, 2013 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Jan 25, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
- Jan 3, 2013Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E4-5)
- Jan 3, 2013Referred 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 · Extensions | Debate and remarks E4Lists H38H.J. Res. 1–11 | Bob Goodlatte R-VA | Jan 3, 2013 |
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 H38.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-85 | CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS TO OUR ESCALATING NATIONAL DEBT: EXAMINING BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENTS147 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 24, 2014 |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 2 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 25, 2013 |
| HJRES 6 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 25, 2013 |
| HJRES 11 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 25, 2013 |
| SJRES 20 | A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jul 11, 2013 |
| HJRES 36 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified. | Related bill | Apr 8, 2013 |
| HJRES 38 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Apr 30, 2013 |
| HJRES 49 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Identical bill | Jul 15, 2013 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2013Introduced 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.
