,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #bd  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,february #f1   
#bjac ,mr4 ,amash 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,bentivolio1 ,mr4 ,bucshon1 ,mr4        
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,culberson1 ,mr4 ,duncan  
of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4
 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4
 ,huelskamp1 ,mr4 ,hultgren1 ,mr4       
,labrador1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4         
,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4          
,loebsack1 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,massie1 
,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,mulvaney1 ,mr4     
,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mr4 ,quigley1  
,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4 ,rokita1 ,mr4 ,austin
 ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,stutzman1 and
 ,mr4 ,walberg7 introduced the following
 joint resolution2 which was referred to
 the ,committee on the ,judiciary       
,,joint ,,resolution  ,proposing a      
balanced budget amendment to the        
,constitution of the ,united ,states4   
,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 ,total outlays  
for a year shall not exceed the average 
annual revenue collected in the three   
prior years1 adjusted in proportion to  
changes in population and inflation4    
,total outlays shall include all outlays
 of the ,united ,states except those for
 payment of debt1 and revenue shall     
include all revenue of the ,united      
,states except that derived from        
borrowing4  #b4 ,congress may by a roll 
call vote of two-thirds of each ,house  
declare an emergency and provide by law 
for specific outlays in excess of the   
limit in section #a4 ,the declaration   
shall specify reasons for the emergency 
designation and may authorize outlays in
 excess of the limit in section #a for  
up to one year4  #c4 ,congress shall    
have power to enforce this article by   

appropriate legislation4  #d4 ,this     
article shall take effect in the first  
year beginning at least #ij days        
following ratification1 except that     
outlays may exceed the limit in section 
#a by the following portion of the prior
 year's outlays exceeding that limit    
7excepting emergency outlays provided   
for by section #b73 nine-tenths in the  
first year1 eight-ninths in the second1 
seven-eighths in the third1 six-sevenths
 in the fourth1 five-sixths in the      
fifth1 four-fifths in the sixth1        
three-fourths in the seventh1 two-thirds
 in the eighth1 and one-half in the     
ninth4  4