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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 21, 1993
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress prior to each fiscal year to adopt a statement in which total Federal outlays do not exceed total receipts, unless a three-fifths vote of both Houses authorizes a specific excess. Prohibits such total receipts from increasing by a rate greater than the rate of increase in national income in the second prior fiscal year, unless a three-fifths majority of each House of Congress has passed a bill directed solely to approving specific additional receipts and such bill has become law. Directs the President prior to each fiscal year to submit to the Congress a proposed statement of balanced receipts and outlays. Makes the public debt amount on the first day of the second fiscal year after ratification of this amendment a permanent limit on such debt, unless a three-fifths majority of both Houses of Congress have passed a bill approving such increase and the bill has become law.
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Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX] · R–TX
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Referred to Subcommittee on Constitution.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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