Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States during the previous calendar year.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 116.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5292):
  Article 5: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  873 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 116, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hjres/116

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2019

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73d580cc2811472077bd45be557e1c4e5e2f3b616dc6365eacf535ccc70880f4

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 15, 2019). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 116, last updated November 15, 2019. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.