House joint resolution · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. John Barrow D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 4.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARROW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H38):Article V of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 4, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hjres/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 15, 2019
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d8a15fa43f5c51b9424389d3e7d89c04b4fcf846b2a14d7ff8f4388d2c553af4
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. 4, last updated November 15, 2019. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Pete Gallego (D-TX), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Kurt Schrader (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Barrow.
- H.R. 223 (113th) John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act
- H.R. 2613 (113th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian…
- H.Res. 633 (113th) Expressing the sense of the House with respect to accountability for mismanagement at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- H.J.Res. 33 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the…
- H.R. 2614 (113th) To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian…
- H.R. 4928 (113th) ROTC Act of 2014
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.