US Congress House Joint Resolution 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-25 - 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. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict. Requires the appropriate congressional committees to report to their respective chambers implementing legislation to achieve a balanced budget without reducing the disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to achieve that goal.

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

Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]

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.

HJR6 (Related) 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR11 (Related) 2013-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
HJR2 (Related) 2013-01-25 - 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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-joint-resolution/4/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hjres4/BILLS-113hjres4ih.pdf