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Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 9 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless the Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this article with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal. Declares that the amount of Federal public debt as of the first day of the second fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article shall become the permanent debt limit. Prohibits any increase in such limit unless three-fifths of the the Congress passes a bill approving such increase and such bill becomes law. Makes this article effective for the second fiscal year after its ratification.
Bill· HRH.R. 253 (99th)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Eliminates the jurisdiction of Federal courts established under article III of the Constitution to modify any State court order which is subject to review by the highest court of the State.
Bill· HRH.R. 351 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Federal Constitution Convention Amendment Act - Sets forth procedures for holding constitutional conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution. Requires that both Houses of the Congress agree to a concurrent resolution calling for a convention whenever they determine that at least two-thirds of the States have submitted valid applications for the calling of a constitutional convention upon the same subject. Entitles each State to the same number of delegates at such convention as it has Senators and Representatives in the Congress, with one delegate elected from each congressional district and two at large. Authorizes the convention to propose constitutional amendments by a two-thirds vote of the total number of delegates. Provides that an amendment shall become valid when ratified by three-fourths of the States. Permits a State to rescind its ratification.
Bill· HRH.R. 106 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Designates September 17, 1987, as Constitution Day. Requires such day to be treated as a legal public holiday.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 54 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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. 56 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that justices of the Supreme Court and judges of inferior Federal courts shall hold office during good behavior, except that no judge shall hold office upon the expiration of any consecutive ten-year period if the Senate adopts a resolution of removal.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 63 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of the Congress from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or threat of war. 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. 52 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons to participate in voluntary prayer in public schools or institutions. States that no person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 57 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Permits the President to disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except an item of appropriation for the legislative branch or the judicial branch. Requires the President to return with his objections any item of appropriation disapproved to the House in which the bill originated. Subjects such bills to the same proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 48 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Prohibits the Congress, whenever expenditures 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 the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 53 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 which provides the course of study pursued by such student.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 42 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 by the United States during such year, except revenue received from the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations. Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the amount equal to 20 percent of the gross national product during the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year. Permits the suspension of such prohibitions during any fiscal year during any part of which the United States is at war as declared by Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 55 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be deemed to prohibit the voluntary offering, reading, or listening to prayers or Biblical scriptures in any governmental institution or public school. States that nothing in the Constitution shall be deemed to prohibit making reference to God or a Supreme Being in any governmental or public document, proceeding, ceremony, institution, or school or upon any coinage, currency, or obligation of the United States. Provides that nothing in this article shall constitute an establishment of religion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 44 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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. 49 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 proceedings as other bills disapproved by the President.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 51 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President: (1) at the end of each calendar year, to determine and proclaim the estimated amount of revenues of the United States for the next fiscal year; and (2) annually to submit to the Congress a budget under which the funds withdrawn from the Treasury during the fiscal year shall not exceed the revenues for that year. Prohibits the Congress from authorizing the withdrawal of funds exceeding revenues in any fiscal year. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war as declared by the Congress or grave national emergency as proclaimed by the President.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 45 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 the Congress directs otherwise. Designates the person receiving the greatest number of 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. 34 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 four times or more than three times to four-year terms. Prohibits persons from being elected to the Senate more than twice.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 30 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any person from serving: (1) as a Representative for more than ten years in a 12-year period; (2) as a Senator for more than 12 years during any 14-year period; or (3) as a judge of the Supreme Court or an inferior court for more than ten years in a 12-year period.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 32 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes either House of the Congress to veto rules and regulations issued by the executive branch pursuant to laws passed by the Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 43 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total appropriations of the 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. 26 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - States that the President and Vice President shall hold a six-year term of office. Prohibits election more than once for either office. Prohibits a person elected to the Office of President from being elected to the Office of Vice President. Grants an exception to any person holding the office of President or Vice President at the time this amendment becomes operative, unless such person will have held the office of President or Vice President for an aggregate of more than ten years. Repeals the 22d amendment to the Constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 28 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Modifies the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution to: (1) state that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself except in open court; and (2) provide that a person shall not be confronted with prior criminal convictions except where they are an element of the crime charged. Modifies the sixth amendment to entitle the accused in all criminal prosecutions to be informed of the evidence of the accusation (in addition to the nature and cause of the accusation as currently provided).
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 24 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Exempts from applicability of this amendment laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 35 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person who has been elected to: (1) the Senate two times from being eligible for election or appointment to the Senate; and (2) the House of Representatives six times from being eligible for election to the House.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 29 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Permits States to propose constitutional amendments if the President establishes that two-thirds of the States have approved proposals for substantially identical amendments. Makes such proposed constitutional amendment part of the U.S. Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 18 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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. 31 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the 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 fourth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 39 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to two and a half percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fourth fiscal year. Requires the elimination within three fiscal years of any indebtedness incurred as a result of a national emergency.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 14 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a student from being compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his or her residence.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 16 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 two-thirds of the Members of each House of the 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. 27 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless the Congress passes by a three-fifths vote a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 12 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Permits the Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Requires the President and the Congress to ensure that actual outlays do not exceed the outlays set forth in such statement. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless the Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays for that year consistent with the provisions of this article. Permits the Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing; and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal. Declares that the amount of Federal public debt as of the first day of the second fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article shall become the permanent debt limit. Prohibits any increase in such limit unless three-fifths of the Congress passes a bill approving such increase and such bill becomes law. Makes this article effective for the second fiscal year after its ratification.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 23 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the appointment of electors to represent the insular areas constituting the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 6 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the presidential and vice presidential terms of office to six years. Prohibits any person from being elected to either office more than once. Repeals the 22d amendment to the Constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 19 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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 candidates 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 the Congress to assemble in special joint session if no presidential candidacy receives 40 percent of the vote. Requires the special 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 the Congress the power to provide for the manner in which the candidates 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 the Congress may prescribe uniform qualifications regarding age and residence. Allows the Congress to provide for the case of death or withdrawal of a candidate on or before the date of the election. Gives the Congress power to establish nominating procedures for presidential and vice presidential candidates.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 8 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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. 13 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for staggered four-year terms for Members of the House of Representatives. Requires Representatives who file as candidates in Senate elections to relinquish their seats in the House before the beginning of the succeeding term of Congress. Requires the executive authority of the affected State to fill any such Representative vacancy by holding a special election. Prohibits Representatives required to relinquish their seats from being elected to such succeeding term of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 2 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 15 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
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. 4 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the authority administering any public school or public institution from providing for or permitting individual or group prayer. States that no person shall be required to participate in such prayer, nor shall the administering authority compose the words of such prayer.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 5 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for congressional electors from that State, except that for electors of President and Vice President the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and the Congress may establish uniform residence and age qualifications. Provides that the 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 person has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the persons who received the highest number of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by the Congress. Requires the Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Requires each elector to cast a single vote jointly applicable to President and Vice President. Allows the Congress to provide for the case of the death of any candidate for President or Vice President before the day on which the President-elect or Vice President-elect has been chosen, and for the case of a tie in any election.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 23 (99th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1985
Authorizes the President to designate May 3 of each year as Polish Constitution Day.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 658 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a six-year term for the offices of President and Vice President and prohibits any person from being elected to such offices more than once. Declares the term of office of a Representative to be four years. Precludes eligibility for election to the House of Representatives for more than three terms. Precludes eligibility for election to the Senate for more than two terms. Repeals the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. Applies this article to elections held after January 1, 2000.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 651 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any Federal court from requiring a student to attend a particular public school because of race, color, creed, or sex for the purpose of achieving racial or ethnic balance.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 643 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to submit to Congress a proposed statement of receipts and outlays in which total outlays are not greater than total receipts. Requires a Congress to adopt such a statement, except during a declared national emergency. Prohibits the inclusion of the social security and hospital insurance trust funds in the budget of the United States.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 348 (98th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year (except for the repayment of debt) do not exceed an amount equal to the greater of: (1) the difference between an amount which bears the same ratio to the gross national product at the close of such fiscal year as outlays for the preceding fiscal year bear to the gross national product at the close of such preceding fiscal year, and an amount equal to one percent of gross national product for such fiscal year; and (2) 19 percent of the gross national product for such fiscal year. Permits a waiver of such limitations in case of national emergency or war, but all expenditures in excess of such limitations must be approved by three-fourths of Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 641 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1984
Constitutional Amendment - States that for purposes of the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function or condition of dependency. Makes such amendment inapplicable to laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother or when the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 628 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the tenure of specified Federal judges to six years unless the Senate consents to a continuance.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 617 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement of receipts and outlays for that year in which total outlays are no greater than total receipts. Permits Congress in such statement to provide for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a three-fifths vote directed solely to that subject. Prohibits total receipts for any fiscal year set forth in such statement from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the last calendar year ending before such fiscal year, unless Congress passes a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States, except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for repayment of debt principal.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 593 (98th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1984
Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote on bills and resolutions making appropriations and on concurrent resolutions on the budget. Permits suspension of this Amendment by the President in war or a national domestic crisis, but only upon the concurrence of both Houses of Congress by a two-thirds vote of all Members of each House.
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