,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ee  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,april #i1      
#bjai,mr4 ,mc,adams 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,murphy1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 
,correa1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,cunningham1 
,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4  
,schrader1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 and ,mr4   
,o',halleran7 submitted 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 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     
vote4  #b4 ,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  #c4         
,sections #a and #b of this article     
shall not apply during any fiscal year  
in which a declaration of war is in     
effect or in which the ,united ,states  
is engaged in military conflict which   
causes an imminent and serious military 
threat to national security and is so   
declared by a joint resolution1 adopted 
by a majority of the whole number of    
each ,house1 which becomes law4  #d4    
,section #a of this article shall not   
apply during a fiscal year if1 during   
that fiscal year or the preceding fiscal
 year1 the economy of the ,united       
,states grew by less than an annualized 

rate of #j4j percent in real gross      
domestic product during #b or more      
consecutive quarters or the unemployment
 rate was more than #g percent during #b
 or more consecutive months4  ,section  
#b of this article shall not apply to a 
fiscal year if1 during the #a-year      
period ending on the date on which the  
,president transmits to ,congress a     
proposed budget for the ,united ,states 
,government for that fiscal year1 the   
economy of the ,united ,states grew by  
less than an annualized rate of #j4j    
percent in real gross domestic product  
during #b or more consecutive quarters  
or the unemployment rate was more than  
#g percent during #b or more consecutive
 months4  #e4 ,congress shall enforce   
and implement this article by           
appropriate legislation1 which may rely 
on estimates of outlays and receipts4   
#f4 ,except as provided in the second   
clause1 total receipts shall include all
 receipts of the ,united ,states        
,government other than those derived    

from borrowing1 and total outlays shall 
include all outlays of the ,united      
,states ,government other than those for
 repayment of debt principal4  ,for each
 fiscal year1 the receipts 7including   
attributable interest7 and outlays of   
the ,federal ,old-,age and ,survivors   
,insurance ,trust ,fund1 the ,federal   
,medicare ,hospital ,insurance ,trust   
,fund1 the ,federal ,disability         
,insurance ,trust ,fund1 or any fund    
that is a successor to any such fund1   
shall not be considered to be receipts  
or outlays for purposes of this         
,article4  #g4 ,no court of the ,united 
,states or of any ,state shall enforce  
this article by ordering any reduction  
in ,social ,security or ,medicare       
payments authorized by law1 including   
any amounts paid from the ,federal      
,old-,age and ,survivors ,insurance     
,trust ,fund1 the ,federal ,medicare    
,hospital ,insurance ,trust ,fund1 the  
,federal ,disability ,insurance ,trust  
,fund1 or any fund that is a successor  

to any such fund1 unless the receipts   
7including attributable interest7 and   
other amounts available for that fund   
for the applicable fiscal year are not  
sufficient to cover the outlays that    
would otherwise occur during that fiscal
 year if the fund were fully solvent4   
#h4 ,this article shall take effect     
beginning with the fifth fiscal year    
beginning after its ratification4  4