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Shown Here: Introduced in House (01/06/2009)
111th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. J. RES. 1
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2009
Mr. Goodlatte (for
himself, Mr. Boehner,
Mr. Cantor,
Mr. Pence,
Mr. McCarthy of California,
Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Putnam,
Mr. Taylor,
Mr. Peterson,
Mr. Heller,
Mr. Jones,
Mr. Wamp, Mr. Roskam, Mr.
Royce, Mr. Graves,
Mr. Sessions,
Mr. Brady of Texas,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina,
Mr. Simpson,
Mr. Price of Georgia,
Mrs. Bachmann,
Mrs. McMorris Rodgers,
Mr. Sensenbrenner,
Mr. Westmoreland,
Mr. Tiberi,
Mr. Neugebauer,
Mr. Ehlers,
Mr. Lamborn,
Mr. Chaffetz,
Mr. McCaul,
Mr. Boustany,
Mr. Walden,
Mr. Smith of Texas,
Mr. Petri,
Mr. Hall of Texas,
Mr. Mack, Mr. Platts, Mr.
Hensarling, Mr. Burton of
Indiana, Mr. Bilirakis,
Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Wittman,
Mr. Hoekstra,
Mr. LaTourette,
Mrs. Blackburn,
Ms. Foxx, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey,
Mr. Reichert,
Mr. Gingrey of Georgia,
Mr. McCotter,
Ms. Fallin,
Ms. Lummis,
Mr. Pitts,
Mr. Culberson,
Mr. Bachus,
Mr. Shadegg,
Mr. Latta,
Mr. McHenry,
Mr. Inglis,
Mr. Gallegly,
Mr. McIntyre,
Mr. McKeon,
Mr. Calvert,
Mr. Akin, Mr. Boswell, Mr.
Edwards of Texas, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Aderholt,
Mr. Alexander,
Mr. Bartlett,
Mr. Barton of Texas,
Mr. Bilbray,
Mr. Bonner,
Mr. Boozman,
Mr. Brown of South Carolina,
Mr. Burgess,
Mrs. Biggert,
Mr. Camp, Mr. Conaway, Mr.
Dent, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of
Florida, Mr. Flake,
Mr. Fleming,
Mr. Forbes,
Mr. Gohmert,
Ms. Granger,
Mr. Herger,
Mr. Hunter,
Mr. Issa, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas,
Mr. Kirk, Mr. Linder, Mr.
Lucas, Mrs. Miller of
Michigan, Mr. Moran of
Kansas, Mr. Tim Murphy of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Myrick,
Mr. Poe of Texas,
Mr. Rehberg,
Mr. Rogers of Kentucky,
Mr. Scalise,
Mrs. Schmidt,
Mr. Shimkus,
Mr. Thornberry,
Mr. Upton,
Mr. Kline of Minnesota,
Mr. Boren,
Mr. Smith of Nebraska,
Mr. Ellsworth,
Mr. McHugh,
Mr. Stearns,
Mr. Shuster,
Mr. Davis of Kentucky, and
Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following
joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
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 for any fiscal year shall not
exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-fifths of the whole
number of each House of Congress shall provide by law for a specific excess of
outlays over receipts by a rollcall vote.
“section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States
held by the public shall not be increased, unless three-fifths of the whole
number of each House shall provide by law for such an increase by a rollcall
vote.
“section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President
shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United States
Government for that fiscal year in which total outlays do not exceed total
receipts.
“section 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become
law unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each House by a
rollcall vote.
“section 5. The Congress may waive the provisions of
this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect.
The provisions of this article may be waived for any fiscal year in which the
United States is engaged in military conflict which causes an imminent and
serious military threat to national security and is so declared by a joint
resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each House, which
becomes law.
“section 6. The Congress shall enforce and implement
this article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on estimates of outlays
and receipts.
“section 7. Total receipts shall include all receipts
of the United States Government except those derived from borrowing. Total
outlays shall include all outlays of the United States Government except for
those for repayment of debt principal.
“section 8. This article shall take effect beginning
with the later of the second fiscal year beginning after its ratification or
the first fiscal year beginning after December 31,
2014.”.