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Shown Here: Introduced in House (12/10/2009)
111th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 4262
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require
a two-thirds recorded vote in the House of Representatives and in the Senate to
increase the statutory limit on the public debt, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2009
Mr. Scalise (for
himself, Mr. Lamborn,
Mr. Posey,
Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Akin, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Broun
of Georgia, Mr. Hunter,
Ms. Fallin,
Mr. Lee of New York,
Mr. Gingrey of Georgia,
Mr. Pitts,
Mr. Marchant,
Mr. Shadegg,
Mr. Alexander,
Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Conaway,
Mr. Cole, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Gohmert, Mr.
Hall of Texas, Mr. Roe of
Tennessee, Mr. Bartlett,
Mr. Bishop of Utah,
Mr. Chaffetz,
Mr. Fleming,
Mr. Boustany,
Mr. Paulsen,
Mr. Moran of Kansas,
Mr. Carter,
Mr. Graves,
Mr. Rooney,
Mr. Shimkus,
Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Barton of Texas,
Mr. Brady of Texas,
Mr. Souder,
Mr. Paul, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr.
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr.
Kingston, Mr. Jones,
Mr. Luetkemeyer,
Mrs. Capito,
Mr. Inglis,
Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Davis of Kentucky,
Mr. Jordan of Ohio,
Mr. Hensarling,
Mr. Culberson, and
Mr. Heller) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the
Budget, 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
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require
a two-thirds recorded vote in the House of Representatives and in the Senate to
increase the statutory limit on the public debt, and for other
purposes.
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 “Control
America’s Purse-strings to Deliver a Better Tomorrow Act” or the
“CAP the DEBT Act”.
SEC. 2.Two-thirds recorded
vote required to increase statutory limit on the public debt.
(a) In
general.—Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
“Sec. 316. (a) In the House of
Representatives.—(1) It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto
or conference report thereon, that increases the statutory limit on the public
debt if there is any other matter in such measure.
“(2) A
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon,
that increases the statutory limit on the public debt may not be considered as
passed or agreed to in the House of Representatives unless so determined by a
recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being
present.
“(b) In the
Senate.—(1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, that increases the statutory limit on the public debt if there
is any other matter in such measure.
“(2) A bill or joint resolution, or
amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that increases the statutory
limit on the public debt may not be considered as passed or agreed to in the
Senate unless so determined by a roll call vote of not less than two-thirds of
the Members voting, a quorum being present.
“(3) An affirmative roll call vote of
two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order
raised under this subsection.”.
(b) Conforming
amendment.—The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 315 the following new item:
Rule XXVIII of
the Rules of the House of Representatives (relating to the statutory limit on
the public debt) is repealed and rule XXIX is redesignated as rule
XXVIII.