Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.
Latest action · Apr 8, 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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 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.
Prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding the following:
- for the first fiscal year for which this Amendment takes effect, 20% of the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States for that year, and
- for each subsequent fiscal year, a percentage of the estimated GDP equal to the applicable percentage for the preceding fiscal year reduced by .1%.
States, however, that spending for any fiscal year is not required to be less than 16% of the estimated GDP.
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget (budget plan) to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each chamber by rollcall vote.
Requires the budget plan to include a justification by each federal department or agency for any funding proposed in that plan.
Authorizes waivers of these requirements: (1) when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict, or (2) during declaration of a natural disaster.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2013 to Apr 25, 2013, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Apr 25, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Apr 25, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
- Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 1 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 25, 2013 |
| 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 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
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- Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
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