A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to promote fiscal responsibility.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Dec 14, 1979)
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a rollcall vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress directed solely to that subject. Prohibits the Congress from passing and the President from signing any appropriation bill which would cause the total expenditures of the Federal Government to exceed its total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits the Congress to waive such provisions with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect.
Prohibits any annual increase in the proportion of Federal receipts to the national income unless approved by a rollcall vote, directed solely to such purpose, of three-fifths of each House.
What just happenedDec 14, 1979
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Dec 14, 1979IntroReferral
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Dec 14, 1979IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate