HJRES 2 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Introduced Jan 6, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Bob Goodlatte R-VA

Latest action · Jan 12, 2015 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 6, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing.

The amendment requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber of Congress to increase the public debt limit. It requires a majority roll vote of each chamber to increase revenue. It also requires the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.

Congress is authorized to waive these requirements when a declaration of war is in effect or if the United States is engaged in a military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security.

Cosponsors 110

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 7, 2016; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-IA	David Young	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TX	John Ratcliffe	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-MI	Mike Bishop	Original	Jan 6, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-VA	Robert Hurt	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Jan 6, 2015
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jan 7, 2015
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jan 7, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jan 7, 2015
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jan 7, 2015
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jan 7, 2015
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Jan 7, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jan 7, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jan 8, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Jan 8, 2015
R-NC	George Holding		Jan 8, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Jan 8, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer		Jan 8, 2015
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Jan 8, 2015
R-IA	Rod Blum		Jan 8, 2015
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jan 8, 2015
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jan 12, 2015
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jan 12, 2015
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Jan 12, 2015
R-MN	John Kline		Jan 12, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jan 12, 2015
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Jan 14, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jan 14, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jan 14, 2015
R-MI	David A. Trott		Jan 14, 2015
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jan 14, 2015
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jan 14, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jan 14, 2015
R-SC	Tom Rice		Jan 14, 2015
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jan 14, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jan 14, 2015
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jan 22, 2015
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jan 22, 2015
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jan 22, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jan 22, 2015
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Jan 22, 2015
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jan 22, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Feb 4, 2015
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Feb 4, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Feb 4, 2015
R-GA	Tom Graves		Feb 4, 2015
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Feb 5, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		Feb 5, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 12, 2015
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Feb 12, 2015
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Feb 12, 2015
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Feb 12, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Feb 12, 2015
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Mar 10, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 10, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 10, 2015
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 10, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Mar 25, 2015
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Mar 25, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jul 7, 2015
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 7, 2015
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jul 7, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jul 7, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Jul 7, 2015
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke		Jul 27, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Sep 8, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Sep 8, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Jan 11, 2016
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Feb 25, 2016
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Feb 25, 2016
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Mar 21, 2016
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Mar 21, 2016
R-MO	Jason Smith		Apr 15, 2016
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Apr 26, 2016
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Sep 7, 2016

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 6, 2015
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Jan 12, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 12, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House
Jan 6, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 4

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	Debate and remarks H5718	Alexander X. Mooney R-WV	Sep 21, 2016
House	Debate and remarks H1688	Peter A. DeFazio D-OR	Apr 14, 2016
House	Debate and remarks H712	David A. Trott R-MI	Feb 3, 2015
House	Debate and remarks H56	David Rouzer R-NC	Jan 7, 2015

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this joint resolution is based is found in Article V of the Constitution, which grants Congress the authority, whenever two thirds of both chambers deem it necessary, to propose amendments to the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 1, January 6, 2015, page H49.

Related bills 9

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 12, 2015
HJRES 2	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	Reintroduced Bill	Apr 12, 2018
HJRES 7	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	Related bill	Jan 12, 2015
HJRES 12	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	Related bill	Jan 12, 2015
HJRES 28	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.	Related bill	Feb 19, 2015

Show all 9 related bills

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 6, 2015Introduced in House

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