Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that congressional resolutions setting forth levels of total budget outlays and Federal revenues must be agreed to by two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress if the level of outlays exceeds the level of revenues.

Constitutional Amendment - Requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress to pass any concurrent resolution on the budget which carries a deficit.

 
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HJ 28 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 28
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that congressional
resolutions setting forth levels of total budget outlays and Federal revenues
must be agreed to by two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress if the
level of outlays exceeds the level of revenues.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that congressional
resolutions setting forth levels of total budget outlays and Federal revenues
must be agreed to by two-thirds vote of both Houses of the Congress if the
level of outlays exceeds the level of revenues.
  Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
  of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring
  therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the
  Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and
  purposes as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures
  of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date
  of its submission by the Congress:
`Article--
  `On the question of agreeing, in either the House of Representatives or
  the Senate, to a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of the Congress
  which sets forth an appropriate level of total budget outlays of the
  Federal Government for a fiscal year and a recommended level of Federal
  revenues for that fiscal year or of agreeing, in either the House of
  Representatives or the Senate, to a report of a conference committee
  on such a concurrent resolution, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
  Members present and voting (a quorum being present), shall be required for
  agreeing to the question, if the appropriate level of total budget outlays
  set forth in such concurrent resolution or recommended in such conference
  report exceeds the recommended level of Federal revenues set forth in such
  concurrent resolution or recommended in such conference report.'.