2015 Regular Session Compact for a Balanced Budget; enact. AN ACT TO ENACT THE COMPACT FOR A BALANCED BUDGET; TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR ORGANIZING A CONVENTION TO AMEND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TOTAL OUTLAYS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED ITS TOTAL RECEIPTS; TO CREATE CERTAIN PROCEDURES WHEREBY CONGRESS MAY INCREASE AUTHORIZED DEBT; TO SPECIFY WHEN A MEMBER STATE'S WITHDRAWAL AFFECTS THE VALIDITY OF THE COMPACT; TO ESTABLISH THE COMPACT COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE COMPACT COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL CALL FOR A CONVENTION PROPOSING THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT WHEN THREE-FOURTHS OF THE STATES ARE MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE FOR DELEGATE APPOINTMENT, LIMITATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR CONVENTION RULES; TO PROHIBIT ANY CONDUCT WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CONVENTION RULES, DELEGATE INSTRUCTIONS OR DELEGATE AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT WHEN CONGRESS EFFECTIVELY REFERS IT TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION; TO SPECIFY THE DATE OF THE CONVENTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/17/15 at 08:58 H B 1059 House Bill 1059 HB 1059 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority Passage Appropriations F ../../House_cmtes/AP.xml Carpenter ../../House_authors/Carpenter.xml Arnold ../../House_authors/Arnold.xml Barton ../../House_authors/Barton.xml Bell ../../House_authors/Bell.xml Boyd ../../House_authors/Boyd.xml Byrd ../../House_authors/Byrd.xml Crawford ../../House_authors/Crawford.xml Formby ../../House_authors/Formby.xml Frierson ../../House_authors/Frierson.xml Martinson ../../House_authors/Martinson.xml Moore ../../House_authors/Moore.xml Pigott ../../House_authors/Pigott.xml Rushing ../../House_authors/Rushing.xml Taylor ../../House_authors/Taylor.xml Weathersby ../../House_authors/Weathersby.xml Willis ../../House_authors/Willis.xml Monsour ../../House_authors/Monsour.xml Brown (20th) ../../House_authors/Brown_(20th).xml Myers ../../House_authors/Myers.xml 1 01/19 (H) Referred To Appropriations 2 02/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/11 (H) Read the Third Time 4 02/12 (H) Died On Calendar ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1059IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1059IN.htm ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/HB/1000-1099/HB1059IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2015/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1059IN.htm N ../../../../documents/2015/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1059.pdf