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Bill· SS. 1020 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 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. Requires the Congress, for each fiscal year, to reduce the rates of taxes, duties, imposts, and excises it lays and collects to offset the effects of inflation in the United States during such fiscal year. Specifies that any bill or joint resolution which provides for an increase or reduction in taxes, duties, imposts, or excises shall become law, in the case of an increase, after it is approved by a vote of three-fifths of each House of Congress, or in the case of a reduction, approved by a majority vote, and in either case, approved and signed by the President or, if not approved and signed by the President, approved by a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 238 (97th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1981
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a Constitution for the U.S. Virgin Islands is approved. Establishes a constitutional review commission which shall periodically review the Constitution and report to the Virgin Islands' Senate its proposals for revisions of the Constitution. Sets forth a transitional schedule for the period between the date of the Constitution's ratification and its effective date.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 72 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Proclaims the English language to be the official language of the United States. Prohibits the United States, the States, and any Federal or State court from requiring the use of any other language. Stipulates that this article shall not prohibit educational instruction in a language other than English for the purpose of making students proficient in English.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 70 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 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 the office of President for more than two years of a term to which another person was elected to be elected to such office.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 71 (97th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981
Amends the Fourth Constitution of the Virgin Islands (1980) to require U.S. citizens born outside the Virgin Islands to be domiciled in the Virgin Islands (currently must have been domiciled in the Virgin Islands for a year) in order to be citizens of the Virgin Islands. Requires the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to be domiciled in the Virgin Islands for ten (currently 15) years. Deletes the: (1) provision for enactment of local laws to enforce Federal tax laws; (2) exemption of bonds issued by the Virgin Islands from Federal taxation and from taxation by any State, territory, or possession; (3) provision for issuance of short term bonds to meet casual deficits. Requires judicial matters during the transition to be handled as provided by the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands until the Senate creates an appellate court. Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for the Virgin Islands' appellate court. Grants the appellate court jurisdiction to review judgments and orders of lower local courts. Grants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit jurisdiction to review decisions of the highest court of the Virgin Islands.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 233 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1981
Constitutional amendment - Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the States according to the number of citizens and persons legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence (currently apportioned according to the number of persons in each State).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 63 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1981
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, except when Congress determines, by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, that a grave national emergency exists.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 107 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1981
Authorizes the printing as a House document of the revised edition of "The Constitution of the United States of America, as amended." Provides for additional printing of such document for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary and the House.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 222 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits, during the fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this article, total outlays of the Government from exceeding total estimated receipts by more than 50 percent of any excess of outlays over receipts in the preceding fiscal year. Prohibits, for each succeeding year, total outlays of the Government from exceeding total receipts. Permits total outlays to exceed total receipts in the case of a national emergency as determined by a three-fourths rollcall vote of each House of Congress.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 58 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to adopt for each year a budget which sets forth the total receipts and outlays of the United States. Prohibits the adoption of any budget in which outlays exceed total receipts, unless three-fifths of each House of Congress approve such budget. Prohibits Congress from passing and the President from signing any bill which would cause the total outlays for any year to exceed the total expenditures in the budget for such year. Prohibits the retention of receipts in any year for use of the Treasury in an amount which exceeds as a proportion of the national income, the amount retained for the prior year, unless a bill directed at approving a specific increase in such proportion has been passed by a majority of each House. Permits Congress to waive the provisions of this Act with respect to any single year in which a declaration of war is in effect.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 54 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the increase of total budget outlays of the United States Government during any fiscal year to the rate of increase in the gross national product during the previous calendar year. Requires the use of any surplus to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, or by a two-thirds vote in the case of an emergency declared by the President. Prohibits the Congress from requiring or authorizing any agency of the government to require that a State or local government engage in additional or expanded activities unless such State or local government is compensated for the costs incurred.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 211 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 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 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· HJRESH.J.Res. 210 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that no student shall be compelled to attend a public school outside the school district in which such student resides because of race, color, or national origin. Requires school districts to be established so as to preserve the concept of the neighborhood school system, but prohibits any district from denying a student equal educational opportunity in violation of the equal protection guarantee of the Constitution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 204 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (concerning presidential succession).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 43 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 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 appropriations 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 passed by a roll call vote, directed solely to such purpose, of each House of Congress.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 45 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 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. Requires the use of any surplus to reduce the public debt. Allows the limit on total outlays to be changed by a three-fourths vote of both Houses of Congress, or by a two-thirds vote in the case of an emergency declared by the President. Prohibits the Congress from requiring or authorizing any department, agency, or instrumentality of the government to require that a State or local government, in order to qualify for any program of the United States Government, engage in additional or expanded activities unless such State or local government is compensated for the costs incurred.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 198 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee. Prohibits the performance of any abortion except under a law which: (1) authorizes an abortion only when there is a reasonable medical certainty that the mother's death would otherwise result; and (2) every reasonable effort is made to preserve the life of any person who is the subject of the abortion.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 195 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 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: (1) the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number is at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast; and (2) 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 numbers 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 of 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. 41 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States or any State from making or enforcing any law which makes distinctions on account of race, color, or national origin. Prohibits any such law to be construed to permit the establishment by private individuals or enterprises of any program that makes such distinctions. Prohibits the United States or any State from establishing, or permitting any private individual or enterprise from establishing, quotas which make such distinctions. Prohibits the United States or any State from making any law which prohibits any person without intent to discriminate on account of race, color, or national origin, from taking otherwise lawful actions which have a disproportionate impact on persons on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Prohibits any Federal or State court from issuing any order which makes distinctions on account of race, color, or national origin (except to enforce laws in violation of this article).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 37 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 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 the office of President for more than three years, to which another person was elected, from being elected to such office.
Bill· HRH.R. 2164 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 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 and a final report to the President by May 1, 1989. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 1989. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 and subsequent fiscal years.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 194 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 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 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 declared by Congress.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 188 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 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. 187 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 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. 192 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
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. 193 (97th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1981
Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a Court of the States, consisting of one judge from each State selected in accordance with State law. Grants such Court jurisdiction to hear all cases arising under this or the tenth amendment to the Constitution (reserved powers to States), upon appeal from the Supreme Court. Makes such Court's decisions unreviewable by any other court.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 33 (97th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1981
Constitution Bicentennial Observance Act - Establishes the United States Constitution Bicentennial Commission, with representatives from the three branches of Government and the public sector, to plan and develop a three-year program for commemorating the bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Directs the Commission to submit specified reports to the President and the Congress. Requires certain Federal officials to assist the Commission in planning the commemoration. Terminates the Commission on April 31, 1988. Authorizes the Commission to extend matching grants to nonprofit entities, States, and local governments for commemorative programs.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 180 (97th)open
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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