Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HJRES

H.J.Res. 53 (102nd)

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to a Federal balanced budget.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

3 January 1991

Last action

7 June 1991 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

Sponsors

Rep. Poshard, Glenn [D-IL-22]

Subjects

Rule of law, Taxation, Budget

Source updated

2 June 2021

Rule of law · Taxation · Budget

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits fiscal year Federal outlays (except those for retirement trust funds or repayment of debt principal) from exceeding receipts (except those derived from borrowing or retirement trust funds), unless three-fifths of both Houses of Congress provide for a specific excess. Directs the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed budget in which outlays do not exceed receipts.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 3 January 1991

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 3 January 1991

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 3 January 1991

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 7 June 1991

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

2 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 3 January 1991

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.