US Congress House Joint Resolution 11

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January 25 2013 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. 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 three-fifths 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 Terry, Lee	Rep Cotton, Tom	Rep Duncan, Jeff	Rep Granger, Kay
Rep Huizenga, Bill	Rep Latham, Tom	Rep Long, Billy	Rep Nunnelee, Alan
Rep Rokita, Todd	Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
2013-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

HJR2 (Related) 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR6 (Related) 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR1 (Related) 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR4 (Related) 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR36 (Related) 2013-04-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR38 (Related) 2013-04-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HJ00011:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hjres11ih/pdf/BILLS-113hjres11ih.pdf