January 7, 2026
Mr. Huizenga (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Case, Mr. Womack, Mr. Panetta, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Perez, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Mr. Estes) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product.
- (1) Congress should adopt a fiscal target to reduce the Federal budget deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product (in this resolution referred to as “the target”) or less as soon as possible and no later than the end of fiscal year 2030;
- (2) following the achievement of the target, Congress should continue to pursue further deficit reduction with the goal of achieving a balanced Federal budget;
- (3) the President should submit budgets designed to create a path to meet and sustain the target;
- (4) the congressional budget resolution should set allocations consistent with meeting the target on schedule;
- (5) the House Committee on the Budget should, within 180 days, recommend enforcement options for consideration, which may include points of order and a backstop mechanism for when the target is not projected to be met;
- (6) the House Committee on Rules should, within 180 days, recommend changes to the House rules to ensure that the target can be met, including ensuring that House rules for budget enforcement are difficult to waive, and that enforcement of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 is difficult to waive;
- (7) the Congressional Budget Office should include statements within its cost estimates for major legislation that demonstrate how the legislation affects consistency toward the target under a current law baseline;
- (8) the Joint Committee on Taxation is encouraged to provide supplemental analysis of whether major legislation advances or impedes progress toward the target; and
- (9) efforts to meet the target should examine changes to address current levels and the growth of discretionary appropriations, direct spending, and revenues and the gap between current revenues and expenditures of the Federal Government that avoid timing shifts, reclassifications, or other budgetary gimmicks.