HJRES 225 · 96th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in national emergency.
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-02-26)
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal appropriations from exceeding estimated Federal revenues, excluding revenues derived from borrowing, in any fiscal year. Suspends such prohibition upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress with a Presidential proclamation of national emergency.…
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