A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the Congress from making any law which would cause the total amount of the expenditures by the United States in any fiscal year to exceed the total amount of the revenues received during that fiscal year, and which would require the Congress to provide a reasonable sum of money in each fiscal year to be applied on the repayment of the national debt.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

15 January 1979

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total Federal expenditures from exceeding total receipts. Authorizes suspension of such prohibition for a congressional term in time of war or national emergency upon the concurrence of three-fourths of the Members of both Houses of Congress.

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summary · EN · 15 January 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-joint-resolution/6
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