Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Latest action · Apr 18, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedApr 18, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 to increase the public debt limit. It prohibits a bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless it has been approved by a majority roll call vote of each chamber.
The amendment also requires the President to submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts.
Congress may waive these requirements due to a declaration of war or a military conflict that causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Apr 18, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 18, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1770)
- Apr 18, 2023Referred 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 | Debate and remarks H1770Lists H1848H.J. Res. 55–58 | Rudy Yakym III R-IN | Apr 18, 2023 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 64, April 18, 2023, page H1848.
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 2 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. | Related bill | Jan 9, 2023 |
| HJRES 10 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Cross-Congress related bill | Jan 3, 2025 |
| HJRES 12 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Identical bill | Jan 9, 2023 |
| SJRES 13 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. | Related bill | Feb 9, 2023 |
| HJRES 15 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 11, 2023 |
| HJRES 19 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified. | Related bill | Jan 12, 2023 |
| HJRES 21 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jan 12, 2023 |
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.
- Apr 18, 2023Introduced 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.
