,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #i  ,,in ,,the ,,house   
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #c1    
#bjac ,mr4 ,mc,clintock 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    
prohibiting the ,united ,states         
government from increasing its debt     
except for a specific purpose by law    
adopted by three-fourths of the         
membership of each ,house of ,congress4 
,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 ,the ,united    
,states government may not increase its 
debt except for a specific purpose by   

law adopted by three-fourths of the     
membership of each ,house of ,congress4 
#b4 ,this article shall take effect     
beginning ten years after its           
ratification4  4