,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #cf  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,march #ad1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,perry 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,pitts1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,ross1 ,mr4
 ,salmon1 and ,mr4 ,mc,kinley7          
introduced the following joint          
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,,joint   
,,resolution  ,proposing a balanced     
budget amendment to the ,constitution   
requiring that each agency and          
department's funding is justified4      
,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 any fiscal year shall not exceed    
total receipts for that fiscal year1    
unless three-fifths of the whole number 

of each ,house of ,congress shall       
provide by law for a specific excess of 
outlays over receipts by a rollcall     
vote1 but in no event shall total       
outlays for any fiscal year exceed the  
following3 for the first fiscal year for
 which this article takes effect1 #bj   
percent of the estimated gross domestic 
product of the ,united ,states for that 
year1 and for each subsequent fiscal    
year1 a percentage of the estimated     
gross domestic product equal to the     
applicable percentage for the preceding 
fiscal year reduced by 4#a percentage   
point4 ,under this section1 total       
spending for any fiscal year is not     
required to be less than #af percent of 
the estimated gross domestic product of 
the ,united ,states4  #b4 ,the limit on 
the debt of the ,united ,states held by 
the public shall not be increased1      
unless three-fifths of the whole number 
of each ,house shall provide by law for 
such an increase by a rollcall vote4    
#c4 ,prior to each fiscal year1 the     

,president shall transmit to the        
,congress a proposed budget for the     
,united ,states ,government for that    
fiscal year in which total outlays do   
not exceed total receipts4  #d4 ,no bill
 to increase revenue shall become law   
unless approved by a three-fifths       
majority of the whole number of each    
,house by a rollcall vote4  #e4 ,any    
budget plan for a fiscal year for the   
,government submitted by the ,president 
to the ,congress shall include a        
justification by each department or     
agency of the ,government for any       
funding proposed for that department or 
agency in that plan4 ,the justification 
shall include a justification each line 
item in the budget of that department or
 agency based upon its effect on        
carrying out its mission and its effect1
 if any1 on the gross domestic product  
of the ,united ,states and an additional
 funding level below the requested      
number that would allow that department 
or agency to complete all of its        

critical mission functions4  #f4 ,total 
receipts shall include all receipts of  
the ,united ,states ,government except  
those derived from borrowing4 ,total    
outlays shall include all outlays of the
 ,united ,states ,government except for 
those for repayment of debt principal4  
#g4 ,the ,congress shall enforce and    
implement this article by appropriate   
legislation1 which may rely on estimates
 of outlays and receipts4  #h4 ,the     
,congress may waive the provisions of   
this article for any fiscal year in     
which a declaration of war is in effect4
 ,the provisions of this article may be 
waived for any fiscal year in which the 
,united ,states is engaged in military  
conflict or after any event which causes
 an imminent and serious military threat
 to national security and is so declared
 by a joint resolution or during which a
 natural disaster is declared by a joint
 resolution1 adopted by a vote by       
two-thirds of each ,house1 which becomes
 law4  #i4 ,this article shall take     

effect beginning with the earlier of the
 tenth fiscal year beginning after its  
ratification or the first fiscal year   
beginning after any fiscal year in which
 the budget of the ,united ,states is   
not in deficit4  4