SJR 61 Summary

• Urges Congress to propose a balanced budget amendment requiring federal spending not exceed federal revenues in absence of national emergency

• Applies for Constitutional Convention limited to proposing balanced budget amendment and requests aggregation with other states' applications toward two-thirds threshold

• Restricts Oklahoma delegates to debating and voting only on balanced budget amendments; prohibits votes on unauthorized amendments with penalty of immediate recall and replacement

• Requires delegates to take oath swearing they will not vote to allow consideration or approval of unauthorized amendments; violation constitutes misdemeanor

• Designates as continuing application superseding prior applications until two-thirds of states apply or Congress proposes equivalent amendment