[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.J. Res. 167 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 167 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the United States Government. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 30, 1993 Mr. Doolittle (for himself, Mr. Condit, Mr. Coble, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Royce, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Armey, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Klug, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Kim, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Goss, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Crane, Mr. Packard, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Fawell, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Stump, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Upton, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Franks of Connecticut, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Gallo, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Grams, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hoke, Mr. Horn, Mr. Huffington, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Mr. Kasich) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the United States Government. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: ``Article -- ``Section 1. Total outlays of the United States for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts to the United States for that year, unless \3/5\ of the whole number of both Houses of Congress shall provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts. ``Section 2. Any bill for raising taxes shall become law only if approved by a majority of the whole number of both Houses of Congress by rollcall vote. ``Section 3. The Congress may waive the provisions of this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. ``Section 4. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States except those derived from borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except for those for repayment of debt principal. ``Section 5. The limit on the debt of the United States held by the public shall not be increased unless \3/5\ of the whole number of each House shall provide by law for such an increase by a rollcall vote. ``Section 6. Congress shall enforce this Article by appropriate legislation. ``Section 7. Except with respect to section 5 which shall take effect upon ratification, this Article shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 1998 or with the second fiscal year beginning after the ratification, whichever is later.''. <all>