Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

This Texas concurrent resolution (HCR 82) urges the U.S. Congress to propose a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget. It directly addresses federal fiscal policy by seeking to establish a permanent spending constraint through a constitutional amendment, which would require approval by two-thirds of Congress and three-quarters of state legislatures. The resolution argues that past budget rules like "PAYGO" failed due to easy congressional repeal, and a constitutional amendment is the only way to enforce long-term fiscal discipline. Texas formally requests Congress to introduce this amendment and asks officials to enter the resolution into the Congressional Record as a formal request.