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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. J. RES. 6 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide |
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| 6 | 6 | | for balanced budgets for the Government. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. F |
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| 10 | 10 | | ITZPATRICKsubmitted the following joint resolution; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United |
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| 14 | 14 | | States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | of the United States of America in Congress assembled2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | States: 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘ARTICLE— 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ‘‘S |
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| 28 | 28 | | ECTION1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless two- 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | thirds of the whole number of each House of Congress 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | receipts by a rollcall vote. 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘S |
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| 34 | 34 | | ECTION2. Prior to each fiscal year, the President 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | United States Government for that fiscal year in which 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | total outlays do not exceed total receipts. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘S |
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| 39 | 39 | | ECTION3. The Congress may waive the provisions 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of war is in effect by a rollcall vote. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘S |
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| 43 | 43 | | ECTION4. The Congress may waive the provisions 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of national emergency is in effect, as so declared by a joint 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | each House, which becomes law. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘S |
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| 49 | 49 | | ECTION5. The Congress may waive the provisions 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of a natural disaster is in effect, as so declared by a joint 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | each House, which becomes law. 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘SECTION6. The Congress shall enforce and imple-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ment this article by appropriate legislation, which may rely 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | on estimates of outlays and receipts. 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘S |
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| 61 | 61 | | ECTION7. This article shall take effect beginning 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | with the fifth fiscal year beginning after its ratification.’’. 5 |
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