US Congress House Joint Resolution 11 (Prior Session Legislation)

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January 24 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits all outlays for a fiscal year (including those for debt service and other debt functions) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit. Prohibits outlays for the total budget from exceeding the previous fiscal years' outlays plus population growth and inflation, unless such increase is approved by two-thirds of each chamber by a roll call vote. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by two-thirds of each chamber by a roll call vote. Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect only by a vote of a majority of both chambers. Requires all: (1) outlays above revenues from the previous fiscal year to be accounted for in the outlays and budgets of the following fiscal year, and (2) surplus revenues at the end of a fiscal year to be allocated to a fund to be returned to the taxpayers, determined by legislation before the end of the subsequent fiscal year.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal budget.

Rep Broun, Paul C.	Rep Bass, Charles F.	Rep Burton, Dan	Rep Duncan, Jeff
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr.	Rep Farenthold, Blake	Rep Flores, Bill	Rep Franks, Trent
Rep Gibbs, Bob	Rep Gingrey, Phil	Rep Graves, Sam	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.
Rep Kingston, Jack	Rep Lamborn, Doug	Rep Long, Billy	Rep McClintock, Tom
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.	Rep Mulvaney, Mick	Rep Pitts, Joseph R.	Rep Posey, Bill
Rep Ross, Dennis	Rep Southerland, Steve II	Rep Walsh, Joe	Rep West, Allen B.
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2011-01-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2011-01-07	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E44)

HJR1 (Related) 2011-06-23 - Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 49.
SJR3 (Related) 2011-01-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HJR2 (Related) 2011-11-30 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-512.
HJR54 (Related) 2011-07-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
SJR23 (Related) 2011-11-30 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-512.
HJR87 (Related) 2011-11-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
HJR89 (Related) 2011-12-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HJ00011:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hjres11ih/pdf/BILLS-112hjres11ih.pdf