,,iia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,j4 ,,res4 #g  ,,in ,,the ,,senate  
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february 
#ac1 #bjac ,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4   
,hatch1 ,mr4 ,cochran1 ,mr4 ,grassley1  
,mr4 ,shelby1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mr4       
,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,ms4 ,collins1 
,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,ms4           
,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,mr4       
,graham1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,mr4 ,burr1   
,mr4 ,coburn1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4         
,isakson1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 ,mr4 ,corker1   
,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4      
,johanns1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 ,mr4 
,coats1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4  
,portman1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,toomey1  
,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,johnson
 of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,lee1  
,ms4 ,ayotte1 ,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4 ,scott1
 ,mr4 ,flake1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 and ,mrs4     
,fischer7 introduced the following joint
 resolution2 which was read twice and   
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        

,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
relative to balancing the budget4  ,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 ,states3   --  #a4 ,total       
outlays for any fiscal year shall not   
exceed total receipts for that fiscal   
year1 unless two-thirds of the duly     
chosen and sworn ,members of each ,house
 of ,congress shall provide by law for a
 specific excess of outlays over        
receipts by a roll call vote4  #b4      
,total outlays for any fiscal year shall
 not exceed #ah percent of the gross    
domestic product of the ,united ,states 
for the calendar year ending before the 
beginning of such fiscal year1 unless   
two-thirds of the duly chosen and sworn 
,members of each ,house of ,congress    
shall provide by law for a specific     

amount in excess of such #ah percent by 
a roll call 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--  7#a7 total outlays do not      
exceed total receipts2 and  7#b7 total  
outlays do not exceed #ah percent of the
 gross domestic product of the ,united  
,states for the calendar year ending    
before the beginning of such fiscal     
year4  #d4 ,any bill that imposes a new 
tax or increases the statutory rate of  
any tax or the aggregate amount of      
revenue may pass only by a two-thirds   
majority of the duly chosen and sworn   
,members of each ,house of ,congress by 
a roll call vote4 ,for the purpose of   
determining any increase in revenue     
under this section1 there shall be      
excluded any increase resulting from the
 lowering of the statutory rate of any  
tax4  #e4 ,the limit on the debt of the 
,united ,states shall not be increased1 

unless three-fifths of the duly chosen  
and sworn ,members of each ,house of    
,congress shall provide for such an     
increase by a roll call vote4  #f4 ,the 
,congress may waive the provisions of   
sections #a1 #b1 #c1 and #e of this     
article for any fiscal year in which a  
declaration of war against a            
nation-state is in effect and in which a
 majority of the duly chosen and sworn  
,members of each ,house of ,congress    
shall provide for a specific excess by a
 roll call vote4  #g4 ,the ,congress may
 waive the provisions of sections #a1   
#b1 #c1 and #e of this article in any   
fiscal year in which the ,united ,states
 is engaged in a military conflict that 
causes an imminent and serious military 
threat to national security and is so   
declared by three-fifths of the duly    
chosen and sworn ,members of each ,house
 of ,congress by a roll call vote4 ,such
 suspension must identify and be limited
 to the specific excess of outlays for  
that fiscal year made necessary by the  

identified military conflict4  #h4 ,no  
court of the ,united ,states or of any  
,state shall order any increase in      
revenue to enforce this article4  #i4   
,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 those for repayment  
of debt principal4  #aj4 ,the ,congress 
shall have power to enforce and         
implement this article by appropriate   
legislation1 which may rely on estimates
 of outlays1 receipts1 and gross        
domestic product4  #aa4 ,this article   
shall take effect beginning with the    
fifth fiscal year beginning after its   
ratification4  4