Urging Congress to enact a balanced budget requirement.

SCR 40 is a concurrent resolution passed by the Texas Legislature urging Congress to adopt a constitutional balanced budget requirement for the federal government. It directly addresses federal lawmakers, citing Texas's own constitutional balanced budget mandate and criticizing the federal government's $33+ trillion debt as irresponsible spending. The resolution calls for Congress to end deficit spending cycles and condemns current federal fiscal practices. Texas will formally send copies to the President, Senate, House leadership, and Texas congressional members for inclusion in the Congressional Record. As a symbolic resolution, it does not create new law but expresses Texas's position on federal fiscal policy.