Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that expenditures for a fiscal year shall neither exceed revenues for such fiscal year nor 19 per centum of the Nation's gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year.

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Introduced

6 January 1993

Last action

17 March 1994 · Committee

Status

See H.J.Res.103.

Sponsors

Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO], Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26], Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10], Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Blute, Peter I. [R-MA-3], Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15], Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24], Rep. Gingrich, Newt [R-GA-6], Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN], Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14], Rep. Hancock, Mel [R-MO-7], Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2], Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9], Rep. Levy, David A. [R-NY-4], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Molinari, Susan [R-NY-13], Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11], Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Zeliff, William H., Jr. [R-NH-1], Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26], Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Rep. Torkildsen, Peter G. [R-MA-6], Rep. Zimmer, Dick [R-NJ-12], Rep. Fields, Jack [R-TX-8], Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22], Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5], Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22], Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4], Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]

Subjects

Rule of law, Taxation

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2 January 2025

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Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits in any fiscal year total Federal outlays from exceeding total receipts and Federal outlays from exceeding 19 percent of the Nation's gross national product. Allows such prohibitions to be suspended by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House of Congress. Grants the President the authority to separately approve, reduce, or disapprove any spending provision of a bill.

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Timeline

6 January 1993
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
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6 January 1993
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E84)
Source: IntroReferral
6 January 1993
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 January 1993
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 February 1993
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Source: Committee
17 March 1994
Committee
See H.J.Res.103.
Source: Committee

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