,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #a1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,bachus1 ,mr4 ,jones1 and ,mr4     
,southerland7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to increase the statutory limit
 on the public debt by #a trillion upon 
the adoption by ,congress of a balanced 
budget ,constitutional amendment and by 
an additional #a trillion upon          
ratification by the ,states of that     
amendment4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,america's ,solvency ,act of #bjac4  #b4
 ,increase in the statutory limit on the
 public debt  7a7 ,adoption ,effective  
upon the adoption by the ,congress of a 
balanced budget ,constitutional         
amendment with the provisions described 
in section #c below1 the statutory limit
 on the public debt set forth in section
 #caja7;b7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states

 ,code1 is increased by #a trillion4    
7b7 ,ratification ,effective upon the   
ratification by the ,states of the      
balanced budget ,constitutional         
amendment with the provisions described 
in section #c below1 the statutory limit
 on the public debt set forth in section
 #caja7;b7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is increased by an additional #a
 trillion4  #c4 ,required provisions of 
a balanced budget constitutional        
amendment ,a balanced budget            
,constitutional amendment1 to comply    
with the requirements of section #b     
above1 must include the following       
provisions3  7#a7 ,total outlays of the 
,united ,states for any fiscal year     
shall not exceed total receipts for that
 fiscal year4 ,total receipts shall     
include all receipts of the ,united     
,states except those derived from       
borrowing4 ,total outlays shall include 
all outlays of the ,united ,states      
except those for repayment of debt      
principal4 ,the ,united ,states shall   

have no fiscal year deficits except     
pursuant to the terms of the amendment4 
7#b7 ,the fiscal year deficit           
prohibition described herein may be     
suspended by a majority of the          
membership of both ,houses of ,congress1
 by roll call vote1 for any fiscal year 
in which the ,united ,states is actively
 engaged in military conflict pursuant  
to a war declared by ,congress pursuant 
to article ,i1 section #h1 or may be    
suspended by four-fifths of the         
membership of ,congress1 by roll call   
vote1 for any other fiscal year4  7#c7  
,in any fiscal year in which ,congress  
does not suspend the amendment pursuant 
to its terms and in which total outlays 
will or may exceed total receipts1 the  
,president shall take such steps as are 
necessary to ensure total outlays for   
that fiscal year do not exceed total    
receipts4 ,the ,president may not order 
any increase in taxes or other revenue  
measures to enforce the amendment4 ,a   
,president's failure to prevent a       

prohibited fiscal year deficit is an    
impeachable offense4  7#d7 ,any ,member 
of ,congress and any ,governor or       
attorney general of any ,state shall    
have standing and a cause of action to  
seek judicial enforcement of the        
amendment4 ,no court of the ,united     
,states or of any ,state may order any  
increase in taxes or other revenue      
measures to prevent or reduce fiscal    
year deficits4  7#e7 7,a7 ,the amendment
 shall be phased-in beginning with the  
first fiscal year commencing six or more
 months after ratification of the       
amendment by the ,states4  7,b7 ,within 
three months after ratification1 the    
,president shall calculate the total    
outlays1 the total receipts1 and the    
resulting deficit of the ,united ,states
 for the fiscal year in which the       
amendment was ratified4 ,this deficit is
 the ,base ,deficit4  7,c7 ,fiscal year 
deficits shall be phased out as follows3
  7i7 ,the deficit for the first fiscal 
year commencing #f or more months after 

ratification by the ,states of the      
amendment shall not exceed #hj percent  
of the ,base ,deficit4  7ii7 ,the       
deficit for the first fiscal year       
commencing #ah or more months after     
ratification by the ,states of the      
amendment shall not exceed #fj percent  
of the ,base ,deficit4  7iii7 ,the      
deficit for the first fiscal year       
commencing #cj or more months after     
ratification by the ,states of the      
amendment shall not exceed #dj percent  
of the ,base ,deficit4  7iv7 ,the       
deficit for the first fiscal year       
commencing #db or more months after     
ratification by the ,states of the      
amendment shall not exceed #bj percent  
of the ,base ,deficit4  7v7 ,there shall
 be no deficit for any fiscal year      
commencing #ed or more months after     
ratification by the ,states of the      
amendment4