US Congress House Joint Resolution 1 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 167-13)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits 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. Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each chamber by rollcall vote. Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. John Boehner [R-OH]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]
Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Steve Buyer [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]
Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Charles Djou [R-HI]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]
Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]
Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]
Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]
Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]
Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Harry Mitchell [D-AZ]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Adam Putnam [R-FL]	Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]
Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-01-06		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2009-01-06		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E19-20)

HJR78 (Related) 2010-06-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
SJR22 (Related) 2009-12-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SJR27 (Related) 2010-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HJR89 (Related) 2010-07-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
SJR38 (Related) 2010-08-04 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-joint-resolution/1/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hjres1/BILLS-111hjres1ih.pdf