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 national emergency.

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Introduced

26 February 1979

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal appropriations from exceeding estimated Federal revenues, excluding revenues derived from borrowing, in any fiscal year. Suspends such prohibition upon the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members of both Houses of Congress with a Presidential proclamation of national emergency.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-joint-resolution/225
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