H.J.Res. 36: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department’s funding is justified.

Introduced:
Mar 14, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA4]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This resolution was assigned to a congressional committee on March 14, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Mar 14, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 14, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

13% chance of getting past committee.
5% chance of being enacted or passed.

Only 12% of House joint resolutions made it past committee and only 5% were enacted or passed in 2011–2013. [ methodology]

Cosponsors
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House Judiciary

↪ The Constitution and Civil Justice

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Last updated Mar 14, 2013.
4 pages

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3/14/2013--Introduced.
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding the following: for the first fiscal year for which this Amendment takes effect, 20% of the estimated gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States for that year, and for each subsequent fiscal year, a percentage of the estimated GDP equal to the applicable percentage for the preceding fiscal year reduced by .1%.
States, however, that spending for any fiscal year is not required to be less than 16% of the estimated GDP. Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget (budget plan) to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a three-fifths majority of the whole number of each chamber by rollcall vote.
Requires the budget plan to include a justification by each federal department or agency for any funding proposed in that plan.
Authorizes waivers of these requirements:
(1) when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict, or
(2) during declaration of a natural disaster.

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