Topic
Balanced budgets
62
bills on this subject
Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 107th at 24. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.
Bills by Congress
107th to 110th
24
bills in the 107th Congress.
Showing 1–24,
newest first.
Every Congress
| Bill | Title | Status | Latest action | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCONRES 55 | To express the sense of Congress regarding the use of a safety mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes. | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | March 7, 2001 | |
| HJRES 99 | Proposing a spending limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | June 18, 2002 | |
| HJRES 90 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | May 6, 2002 | |
| HJRES 86 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | May 6, 2002 | |
| HJRES 85 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | March 18, 2002 | |
| HJRES 9 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | February 12, 2001 | |
| HJRES 8 | Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | January 31, 2001 | |
| HR 5708 | To reduce preexisting PAYGO balances, and for other purposes. | Became Public Law No: 107-312. | December 2, 2002 | |
| HR 5672 | Protecting Priorities and Restoring Budget Disciplines Act of 2002 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | October 16, 2002 | |
| HR 5521 | District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446. | October 2, 2002 | |
| HR 5502 | Restoring Budget Disciplines Act of 2002 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | September 30, 2002 | |
| HR 5043 | Permanent Marriage Penalty Tax Relief Act of 2002 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | June 27, 2002 | |
| HR 4767 | Congressional Act to Prioritize Spending | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | May 16, 2002 | |
| HR 4758 | Restore Fiscal Discipline and Safeguard Social Security Act of 2002 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | May 16, 2002 | |
| HR 4594 | Climbing Out of the Deficit Ditch Act of 2002 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | April 25, 2002 | |
| HR 4593 | Assuring Honesty and Accountability Act of 2002 | Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | April 25, 2002 | |
| HR 1190 | Marriage Penalty Relief Act | See H.R.1836. | August 13, 2001 | |
| HR 78 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | February 12, 2001 | |
| HRES 486 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger. | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/17/2002 H8027; wrong version inadvertently printed on 10/10/2002 CR H7885-8028) | July 15, 2002 | |
| S 1186 | Fiscal Integrity of Indian Settlements Protection Act of 2001 | Referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | July 17, 2001 | |
| SCONRES 100 | An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2012. | By Senator Conrad from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 107-141. Additional views filed. | April 11, 2002 | |
| SCONRES 21 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress regarding the use of a legislative "trigger" or "safety" mechanism to link long-term Federal budget surplus reductions with actual budgetary outcomes. | Referred jointly to the Committee on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2013) | March 7, 2001 | |
| SJRES 3 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by the Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per centum of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year. | Committee on the Judiciary referred to Subcommittee on Constitution. | July 15, 2002 | |
| SJRES 2 | A joint resolution to provide for a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment that prohibits the use of Social Security surpluses to achieve compliance. | Committee on the Judiciary referred to Subcommittee on Constitution. | July 15, 2002 |
Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.