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HOUSE 3953118th CongressReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Debt Ceiling Reform Act

Last Action
6/9/2023

Actions

  • 2023-06-09Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
  • 2023-06-09Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
  • 2023-06-09Introduced in House
  • 2023-06-09Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-06-09 (00)

Debt Ceiling Reform Act

This bill replaces the existing federal debt limit with procedures that allow the Department of the Treasury to continue issuing additional debt unless a joint resolution of disapproval regarding the additional debt is enacted into law. The bill also requires Congress to consider the joint resolution using specified expedited legislative procedures. 

Cosponsors (20)

  • Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
  • BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
  • DANNY DAVIS (D-IL)
  • JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
  • JOHN LARSON (D-CT)
  • Nikema Williams (D-GA)
  • Troy Carter (D-LA)
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
  • Greg Landsman (D-OH)
  • BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
  • ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
  • Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
  • Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)
  • James Himes (D-CT)
  • Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
  • BRAD SHERMAN (D-CA)
  • Julia Brownley (D-CA)
  • Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
  • Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
  • C. A. Ruppersberger (D-MD)
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