US Congress House Joint Resolution 107 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on June 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-29 - 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]

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that 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, receipts derived from borrowing, and receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. The amendment requires the President to annually submit to Congress a budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. The balanced budget requirement does not apply if: a declaration of war is in effect or if the United States is engaged in military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security, or during the fiscal year or preceding fiscal year, the U.S. economy grew by less than 0% in real gross domestic product during two or more consecutive quarters or the unemployment rate was more than 7% during two or more consecutive months. The amendment prohibits a court from enforcing the requirements by ordering cuts to Social Security or Medicare payments unless the funds available to the trust fund for a program are not sufficient to cover the outlays that would occur during the year if the fund were fully solvent.

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

Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-06-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-06-29	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5361-5362)
2017-06-29	House	Introduced in House

SJR39 (Related) 2017-03-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/107/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hjres107/BILLS-115hjres107ih.pdf