,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #abf  ,,in ,,the ,,house 
,,of ,,representatives  ,september #ah1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,crawford 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,meadows1   
,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,scalise1 ,mrs4      
,noem1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,georgia1 ,mr4   
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4       
,harris1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,mulvaney1 ,mr4 ,ross1 ,mr4        
,schock1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mr4 ,mc,henry1 
,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4       
,culberson1 ,mr4 ,aderholt1 and ,mr4    
,yoder7 introduced the following joint  
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,,joint   
,,resolution  ,proposing an amendment to
 the ,constitution of the ,united       
,states to control entitlement spending4
  ,that the following article is        
proposed as an amendment to the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    

three-fourths of the several ,states    
within seven years after the date of its
 submission for ratification3   --  #a4 
,no bill that increases the amount spent
 under an entitlement program or creates
 a new entitlement program shall become 
law unless the bill is approved by a    
two-thirds majority of each ,house or   
provides that such increase or program  
shall terminate after not more than     
seven years4  #b4 ,no bill that         
increases the amount spent under an     
entitlement program or creates a new    
entitlement program shall become law    
unless the bill is spending neutral or  
creates a net savings to the            
,government4 ,after enactment1 if the   
bill is not spending neutral or does not
 create a net savings to the ,government
 when averaged over the previous two    
fiscal years1 the ,president shall      
implement spending reductions within the
 program1 which ,congress should        
prescribe1 sufficient to offset the     
actual increase in spending by the end  

of the fiscal year so that it is either 
spending neutral or creates a net       
savings to the ,government4  #c4 ,for   
purposes of this article1 the term      
entitlement program means a program     
under which the ,united ,states is      
obligated to make such payments to any  
person or government who meets the      
requirements established by that law    
regardless of whether the funding for   
such program is provided for in advance 
by an appropriation ,act4  #d4 ,congress
 shall have the power to enforce and    
implement this article by appropriate   
legislation4  4