Requesting appropriate action by the Congress, either acting by consent of two-thirds of both houses thereof or, upon the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, calling a constitutional convention therefor to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require, with certain exceptions, that the total of all federal appropriations may not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenues in any fiscal year.

Representatives Wick (prime), Bolin, Brunner, Cronin, Deelstra, Hansen, Hickey, Hoffman, Hunt, Jensen (Phil), Kirkeby, Kopp, Lust, Miller, Moser, Munsterman, Nelson, Netherton, Novstrup (David), Rausch, Romkema, Russell, Scott, Sly, Steele, Stricherz, Tulson, Turbiville, Van Gerpen, Venner, Verchio, White, and Willadsen and Senators Novstrup (prime), Brown, Gray, Haverly (Jeffrey), Holien, Johnston, Juhnke, Kraus, Maher, Olson (Russell), Peters, Putnam, Rhoden, and Tieszen