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Key Vote 103rd Congress > House > Vote 659
Clerk session vote number: 65
Sponsor: STENHOLM, Charles Walter (D-TX)
Description: BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Bill summary: Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress.
Requires the approval of a
majority of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law.
Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. Waives these provisions when the United States is engaged in a military conflict which poses a threat to national security as declared by a joint resolution adopted by a majority of each House.
Makes this amendment effective beginning with FY 2001 or the second fiscal year after its ratification, whichever is later.
Bill titles: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov
