H.J.Res. 36 · 113th Congress
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding…
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 14, 2013
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding the following:
- for the first fiscal year for which this Amendment takes effect, 20% of the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States for that year, and
- for each subsequent fiscal year, a percentage of the estimated GDP equal to the applicable percentage for the preceding fiscal year reduced by .1%.
States, however, that spending for any fiscal year is not required to be less than 16% of the estimated GDP.
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget (budget plan) to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each chamber by rollcall vote.
Requires the budget plan to include a justification by each federal department or agency for any funding proposed in that plan.
Authorizes waivers of these requirements: (1) when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict, or (2) during declaration of a natural disaster.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.
Latest action (Apr 8, 2013): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 14, 2013
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.