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Shown Here: Introduced in House (01/03/2013)
113th 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 3, 2013
Mr. Goodlatte (for
himself, Mr. Bachus,
Mr. Bilirakis,
Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Boustany,
Mr. Buchanan,
Mr. Chabot,
Mr. Chaffetz,
Mr. Coffman,
Mr. Collins of Georgia,
Mr. Conaway,
Mr. Crawford,
Mr. Culberson,
Mr. Duncan of South Carolina,
Mr. Duncan of Tennessee,
Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Garrett,
Mr. Gerlach,
Mr. Griffith of Virginia,
Mr. Huizenga of Michigan,
Mr. Hultgren,
Mr. Hurt, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Labrador, Mr.
Lamborn, Mr. Lance,
Mr. Luetkemeyer,
Mr. Marino,
Mrs. Miller of Michigan,
Mr. Miller of Florida,
Mr. Mulvaney,
Mr. Nugent,
Mr. Olson,
Mr. Poe of Texas,
Mr. Posey,
Mrs. McMorris Rodgers,
Mr. Roe of Tennessee,
Mr. Roskam,
Mr. Smith of Texas,
Mr. Sensenbrenner,
Mr. Walberg,
Mr. Westmoreland,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina,
Mr. Dent, Mr. Palazzo, Mr.
McKinley, Mr. Pearce,
Mr. Gibbs, and
Mr. Broun of Georgia) 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. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not
exceed one-fifth of economic output of the United States, unless two-thirds of
each House of Congress shall provide for a specific increase of outlays above
this amount.
“section 3. 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 4. 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 5. A bill to increase revenue shall not become
law unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law
for such an increase by a rollcall vote.
“section 6. 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. Any such waiver must identify and be limited to the specific
excess or increase for that fiscal year made necessary by the identified
military conflict.
“section 7. The Congress shall enforce and implement
this article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on estimates of outlays
and receipts.
“section 8. 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 9. This article shall take effect beginning
with the fifth fiscal year beginning after its
ratification.”.
