SJRES 126 · 96th Congress · Economics and Public Finance
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to promote fiscal responsibility.
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-12-14)
Plain Language Summary
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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a rollcall vote of three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress directed solely to that subject. Prohibits the Congress from passing and the President from signing any appropriation bill which would cause the total expenditures of the Federal Government to exceed its total receipts in any fiscal year. Permits the Congress to waive such provisions with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Prohibits any annual increase in the proportion of Federal receipts to the national income unless approved by a rollcall vote, directed solely to such purpose, of three-fifths of each House.…
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Cosponsors (20)
4 Democrats15 Republicans1 Independent