HJR 1083 Summary

• Urges Congress to propose a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that federal appropriations not exceed estimated federal revenues in any fiscal year, except during national emergencies.

• Applies to Congress under Article V of the Constitution for calling a Convention of the States limited to proposing only a balanced budget amendment.

• Aggregates Oklahoma's application with other states' balanced budget applications to reach the two-thirds threshold required to call an Article V Convention, but cannot be combined with applications on other subjects.

• Restricts Oklahoma delegates to the Convention to debating and voting only on the balanced budget amendment; any delegate voting on unauthorized amendments must be immediately recalled and replaced.

• Requires all delegates to take an oath to uphold the Constitution and prohibits voting on unauthorized amendments, with violation constituting a misdemeanor; this application supersedes all previous balanced budget applications from Oklahoma.