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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 9 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring the submission of balanced Federal funds budgets by the President and action by the Congress to provide revenues to offset Federal funds deficits.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress. Prohibits Congress, whenever deficits exceed receipts for any two-year period, from passing any bill or other measure appropriating any moneys out of the general fund of the Treasury until such time as provisions of law have come into effect which will provide, within the following 12 months, additional revenue in an amount not less than the amount by which such expenditures exceed such receipts. Suspends such requirements during a war or other national emergency upon the recommendation of the President and the approval of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 4 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the balancing of the budget, the limitation of expenditures, and the reduction of the public debt.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits expenditures in any fiscal year, except for expenditures for the repayment of debt principal, from exceeding revenues collected in that year for the average of expenditures as a percentage of the gross national product for the previous three fiscal years. Permits borrowing for capital expenditures for a period of time proportionate to their probable usefulness. Directs Congress to provide by law for the repayment of the existing national debt. Allows suspension of this amendment for any fiscal year whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 14 (97th)open

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 time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 3 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that, except in cases of war or other grave national emergency as determined by the Congress, expenditures of the United States in each fiscal year shall not exceed 20 per centum of the gross national product for the preceding calendar year, and expenditures of the United States in each fiscal year shall not exceed revenues of the United States for that fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to compute annually the gross national product of the United States. Limits the expenditures of the Government in any year to 20 percent of the gross national product of the preceding year. Requires the United States to maintain a balanced budget each year. Permits suspension of such limitations during a period of grave national emergency or time of war by a concurrent resolution agreed to by two-thirds of the authorized membership of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 10 (97th)open

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets and elimination of the Federal indebtedness.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. Provides for the phased implementation of this requirement after the ratification of this amendment. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of national emergency, but never by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth fiscal year.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 2 (97th)open

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 time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 59 (97th)open

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 time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 47 (97th)open

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 time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 40 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that total taxation by the Federal Government of the people of the United States shall not exceed 15 per centum of the gross national product, and to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from enacting legislation which will cause Federal taxation to exceed 15 percent of the gross national product. Prohibits the making of appropriations in excess of the total estimated revenues of the United States in any fiscal year except in time of war or national emergency.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 36 (97th)open

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that total taxation by the Federal Government of the people of the United States shall not exceed 15 per centum of the gross national product, and to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Congress from enacting legislation which will cause Federal taxation to exceed 15 percent of the gross national product. Prohibits the making of appropriations in excess of the total estimated revenues of the United States in any fiscal year except in time of war or national emergency.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 26 (97th)open

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 time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 51 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit service by Representatives, Senators, and Federal judges.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits: (1) Representatives from serving more than ten years during any 12-year period; (2) Senators from serving more than 12 years during any 14 year period; and (3) judges of the Supreme Court or an inferior court from serving more than ten years during any 12-year period.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 30 (97th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 5 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. 67 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the proposal and the enactment of laws by popular vote of the people of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 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 a number of registered voters equal to three percent of the ballots cast in the last presidential election in each of one-quarter of the States. Requires for passage that such proposal receive a majority of electoral votes. Declares that no law passed by popular vote may be amended or repealed during the two-year period after enactment except by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 64 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a review by the Congress of each rule and regulation issued to carry out any law and allowing the Congress to approve, modify, or disapprove such rules or regulation.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress to review each rule and regulation before it becomes effective to carry out any law. Authorizes the Congress to approve, modify, or disapprove any such rule or regulation.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 65 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for staggered four-year terms for Representatives, for a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve in the House of Representatives or the Senate, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for staggered four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives. Prohibits persons from being elected to the House more than three times and to the Senate more than twice.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 70 (97th)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires official candidates of political parties for President to be nominated in a closed primary election by direct popular vote. Restricts candidates to the primaries of the parties with which they are respectively affiliated. Directs that a candidate be placed on the appropriate party's ballot in all States if such individual files with the President of the Senate before a certain date a petition signed by a specified number of qualified voters in a specified number of jurisdictions. Recognizes as a political party for purposes of such amendment any party which received at least ten percent of the votes cast for all electors for candidates for President and Vice President in the most recent Presidential election. Sets the date of the primary election as the second Saturday after the first Monday in July in the year preceding the expiration of the regular term of President and Vice President, unless Congress directs otherwise. Designates the person receiving the greatest number votes in the primary as the official party candidate if such votes total at least 40 percent of those cast. Requires a runoff election between the two persons receiving the greatest number of votes in the event that no candidate receives such a plurality. Directs each party to nominate a person who is eligible for nomination as Vice President not less than seven nor more than 30 days after selection of that party's Presidential candidate. Designates a party's Vice Presidential candidate as its Presidential candidate if the Presidential nominee dies, resigns, or is disqualified. Prescribes that a committee composed of party nominees for the House of Representatives shall select party candidates if both the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates die, resign, or are disqualified.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 52 (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 · 5 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· HJRESH.J.Res. 28 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit compelling the attendance of a student in a public school other than the public school nearest the residence of such student.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a student from being compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his or her residence which is located within the student's school district and provides the course of study pursued by such student.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 38 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States to have Representatives in the House of Representatives.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the territories and areas of the United States (which are not States or parts thereof) to have Representatives in the House of Representatives.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 29 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish a new procedure for the election of the President and Vice President.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires an election for President and Vice President to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November immediately preceding the January in which the current term of office for the President and Vice President ends, unless Congress prescribes a different day. Requires the persons voting for President and Vice President 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. Requires each candidate for the office of President to be paired with a candidate for the office of Vice President. Prohibits any candidate from being paired with more than one other person. Requires each voter to cast a single vote for two persons who are paired as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the popular votes cast in such election to be tabulated in accordance with procedures which the Congress shall establish by law. Directs the chief election officials to make and transmit to Congress a list of the pairs of candidates voted for President and Vice President in each State and the number of votes cast for each pair. Requires each State to establish by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. Declares that for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive one electoral vote. Declares that for each State and the District of Columbia the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive two popular votes. States that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs Congress to assemble in special session if after any such election no Presidential candidacy receives a majority of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of electoral votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. Requires Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 34 (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 · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Excludes the right to propose constitutional amendments. Requires an issue to be placed on the next presidential ballot if a petition proposing enactment or repeal of a law is signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of voters in the last presidential election in each of at least three-fourths of the States. Requires for passage that such proposal receive a majority of votes in at least three-fourths of the States. Declares that no law passed by popular vote is subject to presidential approval or amendment or repeal except by another popular vote or a three-fourths vote of each House of Congress.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 23 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Federal Government's participation in any commercial or financial activity not specifically provided for in the Constitution. Repeals the Sixteenth Amendment (income tax). Prohibits taxes on personal income, gifts and estates.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 20 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct election of the President and the Vice President and to authorize Congress to establish procedures relating to the nomination of Presidential and Vice-presidential candidates.

United States · United States Congress · 5 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 voter 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 that if a Presidential candidacy receives a plurality of at least 40 percent of the votes cast, such candidacy shall become the President- and the Vice President-elect. Requires the election to be held on a day which is uniform throughout the United States. Directs Congress to assemble in special session on the first Monday of December if, after any such election, no Presidential candidacy receives 40 percent of the vote. Requires the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting in joint session to choose immediately, from the two pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. States that the law of each State shall govern within such State as to any matter with respect to which the Congress is granted legislative power under this Amendment as long as not inconsistent with any Act of Congress. Gives Congress the power to provide for the manner in which the candidacies appear on the ballot, the places and manner in which the election is held, and the manner in which its outcome is determined. Requires that voters possess the same qualifications as apply in such State in election of Senators, except that Congress may prescribe uniform qualifications regarding age and residence. Allows Congress to provide for the case of death or withdrawal of a candidate on or before the date of the election. Gives Congress power to establish nominating procedures for Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 21 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Allows the President an item veto of appropriations bills. Requires the President, in signing such a bill, to designate the provisions disapproved and return the bill to the House in which it originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceeding as other bills disapproved by the President.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 15 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to force and effect of treaties.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Eliminates the force and effect of any treaty provision which denies or abridges any constitutionally enumerated right. Prohibits a treaty from permitting any foreign power or international organization to supervise, control, or adjudicate: (1) the rights of United States citizens within the United States; or (2) matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States. Subjects executive and other international agreements to the limitations on treaties imposed by this Amendment. Predicates the effectiveness of a treaty as U.S. law upon the passage of appropriate legislation.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 12 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide a new procedure for the election of the President and Vice President.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress by law to designate the day upon which each election shall be held for President and Vice President. Requires the persons voting for President and Vice President in a State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. Requires the electors from the District of Columbia to have such qualifications as the Congress or a governmental authority in the District designated by the Congress shall prescribe. Requires each candidate for the office of President to be paired with a candidate for the office of Vice President. Prohibits any candidate from being paired with more than one other person. Requires each voter to cast a single vote for two persons who are paired as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires each State and the District to tabulate the votes cast in such election. Requires each State to establish by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which each State is entitled. Declares that each congressional district shall receive one electoral vote and each State shall receive two electoral votes and that the District of Columbia shall have a number of electoral votes equal to the number of Senators or Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. Declares that, for each district established, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes in that district shall receive the one electoral vote. Declares that for each State, the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive the two electoral votes. States that in the District of Columbia the pair of candidates receiving the higher number of popular votes shall receive the electoral votes for the District. Directs the Secretary of State of each State or other designated official to certify and transmit sealed to the President of the Senate a list of the pairs of candidates and the number of electoral votes received by each pair specifying which pair received the electoral votes for each congressional district and for the State. States that the pair of candidates receiving the majority of the electoral votes shall become President and Vice President. Directs that if when all electoral votes have been counted there is a tie, then the electoral votes of the congressional districts and the District shall be counted, and if there is still a tie the House of Representatives shall choose, from the three pairs of persons joined as candidates who received the highest number of all the electoral votes tabulated in the election, one such pair by ballot. Authorizes Congress to provide for the case of death, disability, or withdrawal of any candidate on or before the date of the election.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 17 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to permit the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in certain cases.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the power of a State or Congress to declare the punishment for a crime involving the deliberate and willful taking of human life includes the power to impose the death penalty. Provides that the power of Congress to declare the punishment for treason against the United States also includes the power to impose the death penalty.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1 (97th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for single six-year terms for the President and Vice President, and to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1981

Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of the President and the Vice President to six years and prohibits any person from holding either office more than once. Precludes any person who has held either office for more than four years to which another person was elected, from being elected to such office. Repeals the 22nd amendment to the Constitution on the limitation on presidential terms of office.

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