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Compact for a Balanced Budget
From Ballotpedia
| Compact for a Balanced Budget | |
| Formation date: | 2014 |
| Member jurisdictions: | 4 |
| Issue(s): | Taxation |
| Compact website | |
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The Compact for a Balanced Budget was an interstate compact among Alaska, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Dakota. The compact's goal was for the states to propose and ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution that would require Congress to pass budgets with particular rules. The compact was due to sunset on April 12, 2021.[1]
Text of the compact
The legislature of each member state passed the laws with certain modifications, but the core of the legislation remained the same. The below is a sample of the compact legislation that states were asked to pass in order to join the compact.
See also
External links
- The Council of State Governments - National Center for Interstate Compacts
- Compact for a Balanced Budget
- Compact for America
Footnotes
