H.J.RES.79: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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Constitutional Amendment This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays from exceeding total receipts for a fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The President must submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. If the President does not submit...

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Jan. 15, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Dec. 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 16, 2015

Introduced in the House by Cresent Hardy (R-Nev.)

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