House joint resolution · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2016
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 101.
- 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 (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6108):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, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 873 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 101, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/101
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Martha Roby.
- H.Con.Res. 79 (114th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 719.
- H.R. 3234 (114th) VA Medical Center Recovery Act
- H.R. 465 (114th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 2015
- H.R. 5128 (114th) Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act
- H.R. 31 (114th) Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015
- H.R. 6219 (114th) Unsecured Server Act of 2016
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.