H.J.Res. 985 — A resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed thirty three and one third percent of the average national income of the prior three calendar years, except as specified during war or national emergency.

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Constitutional Amendment - Directs Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government during any fiscal year (except for repayment of debt) do not exceed 33 1/3 percent of the average national income for the three prior calendar years.

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H.J.Res. 1069A resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed 33 1/3 per centum of the average national income of the prior three calendar years, except as specified during war or national emergency.
1978-07-20Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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S.J.Res. 141A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed thirty three and one third percent of the average national income of the prior three calendar years, except as specified during war or national emergency.
1978-06-15Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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1978-06-12
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1978-06-12
Introduced in House
1978-06-12
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

A resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed thirty three and one third percent of the average national income of the prior three calendar years, except as specified during war or national emergency.

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