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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 180 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that, except in cases of war or national emergency to be declared by Congress, the budget of the United States must provide that the expenditures of the United States in each fiscal year shall not exceed the receipts of the United States for that fiscal year, and shall not exceed 20 percent of the average gross national product for the three calendar years immediately preceding such fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress to adopt for the United States a budget for each fiscal year. Requires such budget to provide that the expenditures of the United States do not exceed the receipts and do not exceed 20 percent of the average gross national product of the United States for the three calendar years immediately preceding the beginning of such fiscal year. Deems the receipts in excess of expenditures during a fiscal year to be receipts of the United States for the succeeding fiscal year or funds for the purpose of providing tax relief for taxpayers. Permits the suspension of such prohibition by a declaration of war made by Congress or the physical inability of Congress to meet and consider such a declaration as a result of armed attack. Makes such suspension effective so long as the hostilities continue. Permits suspension of such prohibition during a state of national emergency declared by a concurrent resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the Members of Congress. Requires any public debt incurred as a result of the adoption of such a concurrent resolution to be extinguished by the end of the fifth consecutive fiscal year.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 181 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the expenditure of Government funds during any fiscal year to the total revenue of the Government as projected by the Congress for such year.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total expenditure of Government funds during any fiscal year from exceeding the total revenue of the Government as projected by the Congress for that fiscal year. Permits a suspension of such prohibition with respect to any fiscal year during any part of which the United States is in a state of war declared by Congress or any fiscal year that a national emergency exists and the Congress, by a two-thirds vote of each House, adopts a joint resolution stating that such national emergency requires a suspension. Requires such joint resolution to be approved by the President. Permits the total expenditures during any such fiscal year to exceed the total revenue as projected by Congress by two percent. Requires any deficit to be extinguished by the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which such deficit occurred. Declares that any surplus shall be deemed revenue of the Government for the following fiscal year.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 179 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year from being a Representative or Senator.

Bill· SS. 477 (97th)open

A bill to establish a commission to encourage, plan, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the bicentennial of the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1981

Establishes the Commission for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution to plan and develop activities to commemorate the historic events that preceded and are associated with the Constitution. Requires Federal departments and agencies to cooperate with the Commission in planning appropriate commemorative activities. Directs the Commission to submit annual reports to the President and the Congress by May 1 of each year through calendar year 1990 on its progress. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the President by May 1, 1985, including its recommendations and the plans of Federal, State, and local governments and private groups for such commemoration. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President not later than May 1, 1991, detailing the Commission's activities. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 1991. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of this Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and such additional amounts as may be necessary for subsequent fiscal years.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 27 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the commencement of the terms of Office of the President, Vice President, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the presidential and vice presidential terms of office to commence on the 20th day of November and the congressional terms of office to commence on the 15th day of November in the year of elections to such offices.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 167 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to change the terms of office for Members of Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the service of Representatives to thirteen years and that of Senators to fifteen years.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 166 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the balancing of the budget.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to review Government revenues and expenditures at specified times and to determine a surtax rate when expenditures exceed revenues to insure that receipts will equal outlays. Authorizes the suspension of such measures in the case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 169 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect the people of the United States against excessive governmental burdens and unsound fiscal and monetary policies by limiting total outlays of the Government.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the increase of total budget outlays of the United States Government during any fiscal year to a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the gross national product during the previous calendar year. States that if the inflation rate exceeds three percent annually the increase in total outlays shall be reduced by one-fourth the difference between the inflation rate and three percent. Requires the use of any surplus in total revenues received by the Government to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed: (1) by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress to meet an emergency declared by the President; or (2) by a three-quarters vote on other occasions. Continues Federal aid programs to States and local governments for a period of six years. Prohibits Congress from authorizing any United States agency from requiring that a State or local government engage in additional or expanded activities without compensation equal to the additional costs.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 170 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to public prayer and religious instruction.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to forbid prayer in public places or institutions including schools, or to forbid religious instruction which is provided under private auspices, whether or not religious. Declares that the right of the people to participate in prayer or religious instruction shall never be infringed by the United States or the several States.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 63 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution to provide for the procurement and display in the Capitol of a facsimile of the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1981

Directs the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, after consulting the Architect of the Capitol, to procure a bronze facsimile of the original documents of the Constitution of the United States and to display such facsimile in an appropriate place in the Capitol.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 161 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide a Presidential vote for the insular areas.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands to vote in presidential elections.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 164 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be deemed to prohibit voluntary participation in prayer in public buildings or schools or making reference to a Supreme Being in public activities or documents. States that nothing in this article shall constitute an establishment of religion.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 163 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all U.S. citizens shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 35 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 165 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Members of Congress who have been convicted of a felony and who have exhausted all judicial appellate procedures shall cease to hold office.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any Member of Congress who is convicted of a felony and who has exhausted all appeals from continuing to hold such office.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 26 (97th)referred

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year, not including any outlays for the redemption of bonds, notes, or other obligations, shall not exceed total receipts. Requires Congress, beginning with the first fiscal year after the ratification of this article, to assure that total outlays during any fiscal year do not exceed 20 percent of the gross national product during the calendar year immediately preceding the beginning of such fiscal year. Permits suspension of either limitation in the case of a national emergency by a concurrent resolution agreed to by two-thirds of all the Members of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 157 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the balancing of the budget.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, before the start of each Federal fiscal year, to estimate Federal revenue and mandatory Federal outlays during such fiscal year, and then to limit the total budget authority for such fiscal year to insure that the total budget outlay does not exceed the estimated revenue for such fiscal year, plus any available surplus from preceding fiscal years. Requires Congress, if actual revenue is less than the total outlay during such fiscal year, to provide for the dissolution of the difference within the next two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for a waiver of such requirements only when Congress determines by a two-thirds vote of both Houses within 21 days of each other that a national emergency exists of an economic or a defense nature.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 150 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives and to limit the number of consecutive terms that Representatives and Senators may serve, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for staggered four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives. Disallows any person who has been a Member for three consecutive four-year terms to be a Member during the two-year period following the end of such third term. Provides that a Senator who has served for three consecutive six-year terms may not be a Senator for the two-year period following the end of such third term. Prohibits any Representative who has more than one year remaining in his term of office from being elected as a Senator, unless such Representative has submitted a resignation effective the first January 3 after his Senate election.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 25 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits: (1) any person who has been elected to the Senate twice from being eligible for election or appointment to the Senate; and (2) any person who has been elected to the House of Representatives six times from being eligible for election to the House.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 23 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to promote fiscal responsibility.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the adoption of any Federal budget in which expenditures exceed receipts unless approved by a roll call 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 enactment of defense appropriation bills, by majority vote, which would cause the total expenditures for the year to exceed the budgeted expenditures if the Congress first approves a resolution declaring a condition of military urgency. 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 passed by a roll call vote, directed solely to such purpose, of each House of Congress.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 24 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to reconfirmation of Federal judges after a term of ten years.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the tenure of Federal judges (including Supreme Court justices) to a ten-year term during good behavior.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 149 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which provides that the total expenditures of the United States shall not exceed the total amount of revenue (except in time of war or during a period of suspension) and providing that the debt of the United States shall not exceed that amount existing upon ratification of this amendment.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenues received by the United States during such fiscal year. Provides for a suspension of such prohibition during a time of war as declared by Congress or upon approval of a joint resolution approved by three-fifths of the Members of each House of Congress and approved and signed by the President or, if not approved and signed by the President, approved by a vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House of Congress. Declares that any deficit approved pursuant to this article shall be considered money expended by the United States for the first following fiscal year. Requires Congress to provide for a corresponding increase in the level of total revenues if the amount of such deficit exceeds two percent of the level of total expenditures. Prohibits the amount of the debt of the United States from exceeding the amount of such debt on the date of adoption of this article.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 146 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide that except in time of war or economic emergency declared by the Congress, expenditures of the Government may not exceed the revenues of the Government during any fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal expenditures from exceeding net revenue. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national economic emergency upon the concurrence of both Houses of Congress. Requires the Congress, with respect to the suspension of such prohibition in the case of a national economic emergency, to take into consideration the extent and rate of industrial activity, unemployment, inflation, and other appropriate factors.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 142 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during fiscal years during which the United States is at war) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the total amount of revenue of the United States received during that fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenue received during such fiscal year, except in time of war as declared by Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 147 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give citizens of the United States the right to enact and repeal laws by voting on legislation in a national election.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote, except for the constitutional powers of Congress to declare war and execute laws. Excludes the right to propose constitutional amendments. Requires an issue to be placed on the ballot in the next congressional election if a petition proposing enactment or repeal of a law is signed by three percent of the whole number of people who voted in the last presidential election in each of ten States. Requires for passage that such proposal receive a majority of votes cast in all States. Declares that no law passed by popular vote is subject to presidential approval or amendment or repeal during the two-year period after enactment except by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 140 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the election of the President and Vice President.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 21 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a ten year term of office for federal judges.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the tenure of Federal judges (including Supreme Court justices) to a ten-year term during good behavior. Authorizes an additional term upon the advice and consent of the Senate.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 135 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the offering of prayer in public buildings.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public buildings.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 133 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 132 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall: (1) be deemed to prohibit voluntary participation in prayer in public buildings or making reference to a Supreme Being in public activities or documents; or (2) constitute an establishment of religion.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 130 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and vice president of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 17 (97th)open