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

United States118th CongressHJRES-36House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 1, 2023

Summary

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year. The amendment also prohibits (1) increases to the federal debt limit, and (2) a bill that increases revenue from becoming law unless the bill has been approved by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress with a rollcall vote.

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S-4268: A bill proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

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