PRINTER'S NO. 762
No. 692 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HART, CORMAN, THOMPSON, TOMLINSON, DELP, LAVALLE,
LOEPER, HELFRICK, MURPHY, ULIANA, WENGER, MUSTO AND ROBBINS,
MARCH 14, 1997
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 14, 1997
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the
2 United States requiring a balanced Federal budget.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby resolves as follows:
5 Section 1. The following proposed amendment to the
6 Constitution of the United States is hereby ratified by the
7 General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
8 "Article ____
9 "Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not
10 exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three-fifths
11 of the whole number of each House of Congress shall provide by
12 law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a roll
13 call vote.
14 "Section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States held
15 by the public shall not be increased, unless three-fifths of the
16 whole number of each House shall provide by law for such an
17 increase by a roll call vote.
1 "Section 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall
2 transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United States
3 Government for that fiscal year, in which total outlays do not
4 exceed total receipts.
5 "Section 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become law
6 unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each House
7 by a roll call vote.
8 "Section 5. The Congress may waive the provisions of this
9 article for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in
10 effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for any
11 fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in military
12 threat to national security and is so declared by a joint
13 resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each
14 House, which becomes law.
15 "Section 6. The Congress shall enforce and implement this
16 article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on estimates
17 of outlays and receipts.
18 "Section 7. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the
19 United States Government except those derived from borrowing.
20 Total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States
21 Government except for those for repayment of debt principal.
22 "Section 8. This article shall take effect beginning with
23 fiscal year 2002 or with the second fiscal year beginning after
24 its ratification, whichever is later."
25 Section 2. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
26 Pennsylvania shall ratify, approve and assent to the proposed
27 amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
28 Section 3. A certified copy of this resolution shall be
29 forwarded by the Governor, to the President of the United
30 States, the archivist of the United States, the President of the
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1 United States Senate and the Speaker of the United States House
2 of Representatives.
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