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.

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Introduced

28 July 1981

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Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal expenditures from exceeding total revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency by a concurrent resolution which has passed each House of Congress by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its authorized membership.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-joint-resolution/310
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