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ID SCR108
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/15/2017
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
- Idaho legislature formally applies to Congress under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to call a convention of states limited to proposing a balanced budget amendment
- Proposed amendment would require that total federal outlays for any fiscal year not exceed total estimated federal revenues, except during national emergencies, with related fiscal restraints
- Secretary of the Senate directed to transmit copies of the application to Congressional leadership, all state legislative leaders, and Idaho's federal representatives
- Application aggregates with previously adopted balanced budget amendment applications from 26 other states (dating from 1975 to 2016) toward achieving the two-thirds state requirement to trigger a convention
- Application constitutes a continuing application under Article V and supersedes all previous Idaho applications on the same subject
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and making a formal application to Congress to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment to the Constitution which requires a balanced federal budget.
FEDERAL BUDGET
Last Action
Filed in Office of the Secretary of Senate
3/1/2017
Committee Referrals
State Affairs2/16/2017
Judiciary and Rules2/15/2017
Full Bill Text
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