[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5415 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5415

  To provide the Secretary of the Treasury authority to increase the 
                           public debt limit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2021

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. 
 Lieu, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Wild, Mr. 
Cohen, and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide the Secretary of the Treasury authority to increase the 
                           public debt limit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Debt Ceiling Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF TREASURY AUTHORIZED TO INCREASE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.

    The dollar amount contained in section 3101(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be treated as being equal to such greater dollar 
amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may periodically determine. The 
preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent provided in any 
subsequently enacted provision of law.
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