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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3504 

To provide for a Web site to receive gifts to reduce the public debt. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2011 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To provide for a Web site to receive gifts to reduce the 

public debt. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DebtPatriots.Gov Act 

5 of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the total public debt as of November 17, 

9 2011, is over $15 trillion and that every American’s 

10 share is $47,080; 


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1 (2) www.pay.gov, launched in October 2000, is 

2 a secure Government-wide collection portal, which is 

3 Web-based and allows customers to access their ac4 counts from any computer with Internet access; 

5 (3) www.pay.gov satisfies agencies and con6 sumers demands for electronic alternatives by pro7 viding the ability to complete forms, make payments, 

8 and submit queries 24 hours a day electronically; 

9 (4) citizens who wish to make a general dona10 tion to the United States Government may send con11 tributions to a specific account called ‘‘Gifts to the 

12 United States’’, an account established in 1843 to 

13 accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wish14 ing to express their patriotism to the United States; 

15 (5) citizens who wish to make a general dona16 tion to a specific account called ‘‘Gifts to Reduce the 

17 Public Debt of the United States’’ may use 

18 TreasuryDirect, a section of www.pay.gov and 

19 Treasury Direct; 

20 (6) gifts to reduce the public debt are accepted 

21 under the provisions of section 3113 of title 31, 

22 United States Code, which authorizes the Secretary 

23 of the Treasury to accept conditional gifts to the 

24 United States for the purpose of reducing the public 

25 debt; 


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1 (7) gifts to reduce the public debt are voluntary 

2 donations, and no goods, services, or other consider3 ations are provided to the donors, including, but not 

4 limited to, benefits on future tax liability; and 

5 (8) gifts to reduce the public debt do not super6 sede the constitutional powers nor the responsibility 

7 of Congress to ‘‘pay the debts’’, as described in arti8 cle I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 

9 States. 

10 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to pub11 lically recognize the patriotism of certain individuals and 

12 corporations which are willing to contribute additional 

13 funds, above and beyond their tax obligations, in order to 

14 reduce the public debt of the United States. 

15 SEC. 3. NEW WEB SITE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Using the existing infrastructure 

17 of www.pay.gov, the Secretary of the Treasury shall create 

18 a new Web site, www.DebtPatriots.gov, to specifically re19 ceive gifts to reduce the public debt. The Web site shall 

20 be known as ‘‘Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt’’ and shall 

21 include the following: 

22 (1) Improved features and user interface from 

23 the existing infrastructure for ease of use. 

24 (2) An easily accessible domain name, 

25 www.DebtPatriots.gov. 


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1 (3) an opt-in check-box to allow donor names to 

2 be publically recognized for their donation. 

3 (4) A linked Web site on which the publically 

4 recognized donors can be published according to the 

5 following levels of donation: 

6 (A) Corporation Award Levels: 

7 (i) Corporate Founder ($50B). 

8 (ii) Corporate Son of Liberty ($10B). 

9 (iii) Corporate Constitutional Delegate 

10 ($1B). 

11 (iv) Corporate Minuteman ($500M). 

12 (v) Corporate Patriot ($1M). 

13 (B) Individual Award Levels (Premium): 

14 (i) Premium Founding Father/Mother 

15 ($1B). 

16 (ii) Premium Son/Daughter of Liberty 

17 ($500M). 

18 (iii) Premium Constitutional Delegate 

19 ($100M). 

20 (iv) Premium Minuteman/woman 

21 ($10M). 

22 (v) Premium Patriot ($1M). 

23 (C) Individual Award Levels: 

24 (i) Founding Father/Mother ($100K). 

25 (ii) Son/Daughter of Liberty ($10K). 


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1 (iii) Constitutional Delegate ($1K). 

2 (iv) Minuteman/woman ($100). 

3 (v) Patriot ($10). 

4 (5) A clearly published list of the aforemen5 tioned award levels on DebtPatriots.Gov. 

6 (6) A printable form and address for those who 

7 prefer to make a gift through the mail by check. 

8 (b) REQUIRED LINKS TO WEB SITE.—The Secretary 

9 of the Treasury and the President shall provide a link to 

10 this Web site on their main pages. 

11 SEC. 4. CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. 

12 The President shall issue a signed certification of ap13 preciation recognizing the award level of each donor who 

14 contributes to ‘‘Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt’’. 

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