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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 3, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary
  • Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring total government spending to not exceed total government receipts for any fiscal year.
  • Prohibits an increase in the federal debt limit.
  • Requires any bill to increase revenue to be approved by two-thirds of each House by rollcall vote.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Andy Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • 21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE $7,500
  • ULINE $6,600
  • TW LEWIS COMPANY $6,600
  • LEE BENSON $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Andy Biggs → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HJRES 110 — Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 93%
  • HJRES 10 — Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 92%
  • HJRES 17 — Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. · Introduced Jan 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 89%
  • HJRES 6 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced budgets for the Government. · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 86%
  • HJRES 3 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 84%
  • HJRES 11 — .Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified. · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 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:

“Article—

“Section 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year. “Section 2. The limit on the debt of the United States held by the public shall not be increased. “Section 3. No bill to increase revenue shall become law unless approved by two-thirds of the whole number of each House by a rollcall vote.”. <all>

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