House joint resolution · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 3.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SANCHEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H254):Article 1 Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 28: Mr. Chabot, Mr. Armstrong, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Mast, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 40: Mr. Kahele, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Waters, Mr. Vela, Mr. Sires, and Mr. Huffman. H.R. 51: Mr. Mrvan and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 55: Ms. Ross, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Manning, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Adams, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Veasey, and Ms. Wild. H.R. 77: Mr. Grothman. H.R. 78: Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Norman. H.R. 97: Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Welch, Mr. Torres of…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,661 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 3, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/3
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a0da521454571aec486da4d8da8f06ced1de33f5b388ea47e84e6e346304fe0f
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
52 cosponsors — 52 Republicans
0 of 52 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), James Baird (R-IN), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Ben Cline (R-VA), James Comer (R-KY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Mike Garcia (R-CA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), J. Hill (R-AR), Bill Johnson (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.R. 4686 (117th) Cambodia Democracy Act of 2021
- H.R. 241 (117th) Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021
- H.R. 2679 (117th) Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1259 (117th) Condemning the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and honoring his life and legacy.
- H.R. 2393 (117th) NOPEC
- H.R. 1910 (117th) Federal Initiative To Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.