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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9735 

To amend title 31 of the United States Code and the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 to automatically increase the debt limit for the fiscal year 

of a budget resolution, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. HUIZENGA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the 

Committees on Ways and Means, and 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 title 31 of the United States Code and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to automatically increase 

the debt limit for the fiscal year of a budget resolution, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Responsible Budgeting 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST TO INCREASE THE DEBT 

2 LIMIT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 31, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking section 3101A and inserting the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘§ 3101A. Modification of statutory limit on the public 

7 debt 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon adoption by Congress of 

9 a concurrent resolution on the budget under section 301 

10 or 304 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

11 632, 634) that satisfies the required ratio, as determined 

12 by the Congressional Budget Office, the Clerk of the 

13 House of Representatives shall prepare an engrossment of 

14 a joint resolution in the form prescribed in subsection (b) 

15 increasing the statutory limit on the public debt to the 

16 amount of debt subject to limit specified by such concur17 rent resolution. Upon engrossment of the joint resolution, 

18 the vote by which the concurrent resolution on the budget 

19 was adopted by the House of Representatives shall also 

20 be considered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution 

21 in the House of Representatives, and the joint resolution 

22 shall be considered as passed by the House of Representa23 tives and duly certified and examined. The engrossed copy 

24 shall be signed by the Clerk of the House of Representa25 tives and transmitted to the Senate. Upon receipt of the 

26 House of Representatives joint resolution in the Senate, 


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1 the vote by which the concurrent resolution on the budget 

2 was adopted in the Senate shall also be considered as a 

3 vote on passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, and 

4 the joint resolution shall be considered as passed by the 

5 Senate, duly certified and examined, and transmitted to 

6 the House of Representatives for enrollment. 

7 ‘‘(b) FORM OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—The form of the 

8 joint resolution described in this subsection is a joint reso9 lution— 

10 ‘‘(1) which does not have a preamble; 

11 ‘‘(2) the title of which is only as follows: ‘Joint 

12 resolution increasing the debt limit, as prepared 

13 under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, 

14 on llllll’ (with the blank containing the 

15 date on which the joint resolution is prepared); and 

16 ‘‘(3) the matter after the resolving clause which 

17 is only as follows: ‘The limitation under section 

18 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is increased 

19 by $lll’ (with the blank being filled with the in20 crease, expressed as a dollar amount, of the debt 

21 subject to limit, as determined under subsection (c)). 

22 ‘‘(c) DETERMINATION.—The dollar amount under 

23 subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the amount necessary 

24 to increase the total debt subject to limit on the date of 

25 enactment of such joint resolution to the amount that such 


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1 limit is estimated to be on the last day of the budget year 

2 covered by the applicable concurrent resolution on the 

3 budget. 

4 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting— 

6 ‘‘(1) the power of the House of Representatives 

7 or the Senate to consider and pass bills or joint res8 olutions, without regard to the procedures under 

9 subsection (a), that would change the statutory limit 

10 on the public debt; or 

11 ‘‘(2) the rights of Members, Delegates, the 

12 Resident Commissioner, or committees with respect 

13 to the introduction, consideration, and reporting of 

14 such bills or joint resolutions. 

15 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 

16 3101B— 

17 ‘‘(1) the term ‘required ratio’ means the ratio 

18 that reduces by not less than 5 percentage points 

19 the projected ratio under current law of debt held by 

20 the public to Gross Domestic Product in the tenth 

21 fiscal year after the current fiscal year; and 

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘statutory limit on the public 

23 debt’ means the maximum face amount of obliga24 tions issued under authority of this chapter and obli25 gations guaranteed as to principal and interest by 


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1 the United States (except such guaranteed obliga2 tions as may be held by the Secretary of the Treas3 ury), as determined under section 3101(b) after the 

4 application of section 3101(a), that may be out5 standing at any one time. 

6 ‘‘§ 3101B. Presidential modification of the debt ceil7 ing 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—If, for a fiscal 

10 year, Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolu11 tion on the budget that satisfies the required ratio 

12 by the covered date, the President may submit a 

13 written notification to Congress, including a debt re14 duction proposal with legislative language that satis15 fies the required ratio, that the President is increas16 ing the statutory limit on the public debt subject to 

17 limit in section 3101(b) and that further borrowing 

18 is required to meet existing commitments. 

19 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF NOTIFICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara21 graph (C), upon the submission of a written no22 tification by the President under paragraph (1), 

23 including a debt reduction proposal comprised 

24 of legislative text that the Director of the Office 

25 of Management and Budget has determined 


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1 satisfies the required ratio, the statutory limit 

2 on the public debt shall be increased by an 

3 amount determined under subparagraph (D). 

4 ‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro5 vided in subparagraph (C), an increase of the 

6 statutory limit on the public debt under sub7 paragraph (A) shall take effect on the date that 

8 is 30 calendar days after the date on which the 

9 written notification is submitted by the Presi10 dent under paragraph (1). 

11 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The 

12 statutory limit on the public debt shall not be 

13 increased under this paragraph if, during the 

14 30-calendar-day period beginning on the date 

15 on which Congress receives a notification under 

16 this paragraph, Congress enacts into law a joint 

17 resolution of disapproval in accordance with 

18 subsection (b). 

19 ‘‘(D) DETERMINATION OF INCREASE.— 

20 The increase of the statutory limit on the public 

21 debt under subparagraph (A) shall be equal to 

22 the amount necessary to increase the total debt 

23 subject to limit to the amount that such limit 

24 is estimated to be on the last day of the first 

25 fiscal year beginning after the covered date. 


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1 The Office of Management and Budget shall 

2 determine the amount of such increase using 

3 baseline estimates provided by the Congres4 sional Budget Office. 

5 ‘‘(3) COVERED DATE DEFINED.—For purposes 

6 of paragraph (1), the term ‘covered date’ means the 

7 earlier of— 

8 ‘‘(A) April 15 of the calendar year in 

9 which the fiscal year of the applicable concur10 rent resolution on the budget begins; or 

11 ‘‘(B) 60 days before the date on which the 

12 statutory limit on the public debt will be 

13 reached, as described in the congressional noti14 fication submitted by the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury. 

16 ‘‘(b) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a joint resolution of dis18 approval has not been enacted by the end of the 30- 

19 calendar-day period beginning on the date on which 

20 the presidential notification to which the joint reso21 lution relates was received by Congress under sub22 section (a), the statutory limit on public debt shall 

23 be increased as specified in the presidential notifica24 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—For 

2 the purpose of this section, the term ‘joint resolu3 tion’ means only a joint resolution— 

4 ‘‘(A) that is introduced between the date 

5 the written notification is received and 3 cal6 endar days after that date (or if the House of 

7 Representatives or Senate is not in session, the 

8 next calendar date in which it is in session); 

9 ‘‘(B) which does not have a preamble; 

10 ‘‘(C) the title of which is only as follows: 

11 ‘Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of 

12 the President’s exercise of authority to increase 

13 the debt limit, as submitted under section 

14 3101B(a) of title 31, United States Code, on 

15 llllll’ (with the blank containing the 

16 date of such submission); and 

17 ‘‘(D) the matter after the resolving clause 

18 of which is only as follows: ‘That Congress dis19 approves of the President’s exercise of authority 

20 to increase the debt limit, as exercised pursuant 

21 to the written notification under section 

22 3101B(a) of title 31, United States Code.’. 

23 ‘‘(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF

24 REPRESENTATIVES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a written 

2 notification described in subsection (a)(1), the 

3 Speaker of the House of Representatives, if the 

4 House of Representatives would otherwise be ad5 journed, shall notify the Members of the House of 

6 Representatives that, pursuant to this section, the 

7 House of Representatives shall convene not later 

8 than the second calendar day after receipt of such 

9 written notification. 

10 ‘‘(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—A joint 

11 resolution introduced under paragraph (1) shall be 

12 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means of 

13 the House of Representatives and such committee 

14 shall report the joint resolution to the House of Rep15 resentatives without amendment not later than 5 

16 calendar days after the date on which the joint reso17 lution is introduced. If the Committee on Ways and 

18 Means fails to report the joint resolution within the 

19 5-day period, the Committee on Ways and Means 

20 shall be discharged from further consideration of the 

21 joint resolution and it shall be referred to the appro22 priate calendar. 

23 ‘‘(3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Upon 

24 report or discharge from the Committee on Ways 

25 and Means of the House of Representatives, and not 


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1 later than 6 days after the date on which the joint 

2 resolution is introduced under paragraph (1), it shall 

3 be in order to move to proceed to consider the joint 

4 resolution in the House of Representatives. All 

5 points of order against the motion are waived. Such 

6 a motion shall not be in order after the House of 

7 Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed 

8 on a joint resolution addressing a particular submis9 sion. The previous question shall be considered as 

10 ordered on the motion to its adoption without inter11 vening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A 

12 motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

13 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

14 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

15 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

16 against the joint resolution and against its consider17 ation are waived. The previous question shall be con18 sidered as ordered on the joint resolution to its pas19 sage without intervening motion except two hours of 

20 debate equally divided and controlled by the pro21 ponent and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 

22 vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 

23 in order. 

24 ‘‘(d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a written 

2 notification under subsection (a)(1), if the Senate 

3 has adjourned or recessed for more than 2 days, the 

4 majority leader of the Senate, after consultation 

5 with the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify 

6 the Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 

7 section, the Senate shall convene not later than the 

8 second calendar day after receipt of such message. 

9 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro10 duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 

11 immediately placed on the calendar. 

12 ‘‘(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule 

14 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 

15 in order at any time during the period begin16 ning on the day after the date on which Con17 gress receives a written notification under sub18 section (a) and ending on the sixth day after 

19 the date on which Congress receives a written 

20 notification under subsection (a) (even though a 

21 previous motion to the same effect has been dis22 agreed to) to move to proceed to the consider23 ation of the joint resolution, and all points of 

24 order against the joint resolution (and against 

25 consideration of the joint resolution) are 


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1 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

2 The motion is not subject to a motion to post3 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

4 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

5 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the con6 sideration of the resolution is agreed to, the 

7 joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 

8 business until disposed of. 

9 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of 

10 the joint resolution, and on all debatable mo11 tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

12 be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 

13 shall be divided equally between the majority 

14 and minority leaders or their designees. A mo15 tion further to limit debate is in order and not 

16 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 

17 postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid18 eration of other business, or a motion to recom19 mit the joint resolution is not in order. 

20 ‘‘(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate 

21 has voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the 

22 vote on passage of the joint resolution shall 

23 occur immediately following the conclusion of 

24 consideration of the joint resolution, and a sin25 gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 


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1 if requested in accordance with the rules of the 

2 Senate. 

3 ‘‘(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE4 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

5 relating to the application of the rules of the 

6 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re7 lating to a joint resolution shall be decided 

8 without debate. 

9 ‘‘(e) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolu10 tion of disapproval considered pursuant to this section 

11 shall not be subject to amendment in either the House 

12 of Representatives or the Senate. 

13 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

14 HOUSE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 

16 resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 

17 resolution— 

18 ‘‘(A) the joint resolution of the other 

19 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the procedure in the receiving house 

21 shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 

22 been received from the other house until the 

23 vote on passage, when the joint resolution re24 ceived from the other house shall supplant the 

25 joint resolution of the receiving House. 


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1 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF

2 OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 

3 consider a joint resolution under this section, the 

4 joint resolution of the House shall be entitled to ex5 pedited floor procedures under this section. 

6 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.— 

7 If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 

8 Senate, the Senate then receives the companion 

9 measure from the House of Representatives, the 

10 companion measure shall not be debatable. 

11 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If Congress passes a 

13 joint resolution, the period beginning on the 

14 date the President is presented with the joint 

15 resolution and ending on the date the President 

16 signs, allows to become law without the signa17 ture of the President, or vetoes and returns the 

18 joint resolution (but excluding days when either 

19 House is not in session) shall be disregarded in 

20 computing the appropriate calendar day period 

21 described in subsection (b)(1). 

22 ‘‘(B) DEBATE ON VETO MESSAGE.—De23 bate on a veto message in the Senate under this 

24 section shall be 1 hour equally divided between 


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1 the majority and minority leaders or their des2 ignees. 

3 ‘‘(C) VETO OVERRIDE.—If, within the 30- 

4 calendar-day period described in subsection 

5 (b)(1), Congress overrides a veto of a joint reso6 lution, the limitation in effect under section 

7 3101(b) shall not be suspended. 

8 ‘‘(g) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

9 SENATE.—This section and section 3101A are enacted by 

10 Congress— 

11 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

12 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec13 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 

14 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

15 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

16 House in the case of a joint resolution, and it super17 sedes other rules only to the extent that it is incon18 sistent with such rules; and 

19 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

20 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

21 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

22 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

23 the case of any other rule of that House.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

25 of subchapter I of chapter 31 of title 31, United States 


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1 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 

2 3101A and inserting the following: 

‘‘3101A. Modification of statutory limit on the public debt. 

‘‘3101B. Presidential modification of the debt ceiling.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEBT REDUCTION PRO4 POSAL SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Congres6 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

7 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

8 406 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 407. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEBT REDUCTION PRO10 POSAL SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any debt reduction proposal 

12 submitted by the President under section 3101B(a)(2)(A) 

13 of title 31, United States Code, is required to satisfy the 

14 required ratio as determined by the Office of Management 

15 and Budget. 

16 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S PRO17 POSAL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION.—Any debt reduction pro19 posal submitted by the President under section 

20 3101B of title 31, United States Code, shall be in21 troduced by the majority or minority leader of the 

22 House of Representatives or their designees. Upon 

23 introduction, the Chair of the Committee on the 


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1 Budget shall within 3 days submit the proposal to 

2 the Congressional Budget Office to be scored. 

3 ‘‘(2) REFERRAL.—Any proposal introduced 

4 under paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Com5 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representa6 tives. 

7 ‘‘(3) REQUESTS BY BUDGET COMMITTEE.—Not 

8 later than 3 days after the date on which a proposal 

9 is referred under paragraph (2), the Chair of the 

10 Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep11 resentatives shall submit to each appropriate com12 mittee of the House a debt reduction target and a 

13 request that, during the 30-day period beginning on 

14 the date on which the request is made, the appro15 priate committee submit to the Committee on the 

16 Budget of the House— 

17 ‘‘(A) a general assessment of the proposal 

18 introduced under paragraph (1); and 

19 ‘‘(B) a legislative proposal within the com20 mittee’s jurisdiction that results in debt reduc21 tion meeting or exceeding the target assigned to 

22 the committee under this paragraph. 

23 ‘‘(4) REPORTED LEGISLATION BY BUDGET COM24 MITTEE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on the 

2 Budget of the House of Representatives shall 

3 report a bill that meets the required ratio not 

4 later than 60 days after the date on which the 

5 President submits a debt reduction proposal 

6 under this section. 

7 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF LEGISLATION.—The 

8 bill reported under subparagraph (A) may in9 clude— 

10 ‘‘(i) the debt reduction proposal sub11 mitted by the President under this section, 

12 including any modifications to such pro13 posal by the Committee on Budget of the 

14 House of Representatives that are nec15 essary to make it achieve the required 

16 ratio; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) the compilation of proposals sub18 mitted to the Committee on Budget of the 

19 House of Representatives under paragraph 

20 (3), including any modifications to such 

21 package by such Committee that are nec22 essary to make it achieve the required 

23 ratio. 

24 ‘‘(C) CBO SCORE.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No bill may be re2 ported under subparagraph (A) unless the 

3 Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 

4 ‘‘(I) submits to the Director of 

5 the Congressional Budget Office such 

6 bill for a cost estimate to be prepared 

7 under section 402; and 

8 ‘‘(II) receives from the Director a 

9 cost estimate described in subclause 

10 (I) that includes a statement that 

11 such bill meets the required ratio. 

12 ‘‘(ii) TIME PERIOD.—The 60-day pe13 riod described in subparagraph (A) shall 

14 not include the period beginning on the 

15 date on which the Chair of the Committee 

16 on the Budget of the House of Representa17 tives submits to the Director of the Con18 gressional Budget Office the bill under 

19 clause (i)(I) and ending on the date on 

20 which the Chair receives the cost estimate 

21 under clause (i)(II). 

22 ‘‘(5) DISCHARGE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Committee on 

24 the Budget of the House of Representatives 

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1 ferral of the proposal submitted under section 

2 3101B of title 31, United States Code, and 

3 such proposal has been determined by the Di4 rector to satisfy the required ratio, then the 

5 committee shall be discharged from further con6 sideration of the bill that embodies the debt re7 duction proposal of the President and it shall 

8 be referred to the appropriate calendar. 

9 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—In the House of 

10 Representatives, if the Committee on Rules fails 

11 to report a rule within 7 legislative days of the 

12 bill being placed on the Calendar for the consid13 eration of a bill reported by the Committee on 

14 the Budget under paragraph (4) or discharged 

15 under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 

16 which has been determined by the Director to 

17 satisfy the required ratio, then any Member 

18 may offer a privilege resolution providing for 

19 the consideration of the bill. Such resolution 

20 shall provide that upon its adoption it shall be 

21 in order to consider in the House of Represent22 atives the bill. The bill under the procedure set 

23 forth in section 408(c) shall be debatable for 

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1 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

2 the bill of final passage without intervening mo3 tion except 1 motion to recommit. 

4 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S PRO5 POSAL IN THE SENATE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION.—Any debt reduction pro7 posal submitted by the President under section 

8 3101B of title 31, United States Code, shall be in9 troduced by the majority or minority leader of the 

10 Senate or their designees. Upon introduction, the 

11 Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall within 

12 3 days submit the proposal to the Congressional 

13 Budget Office to be scored. 

14 ‘‘(2) REFERRAL.—Any proposal introduced 

15 under paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Com16 mittee on the Budget of the Senate. 

17 ‘‘(3) REQUESTS BY BUDGET COMMITTEE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—Not 

19 later than 3 days after the date on which a pro20 posal is referred under paragraph (2), the Chair 

21 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

22 shall submit to each appropriate committee of 

23 the Senate a debt reduction target and a re24 quest that, during the 30-day period beginning 

25 on the date on which the request is made, the 


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1 appropriate committee submit to the Committee 

2 on the Budget of the Senate— 

3 ‘‘(i) a general assessment of the pro4 posal introduced under paragraph (1); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) a legislative proposal within the 

6 committee’s jurisdiction that results in 

7 debt reduction meeting or exceeding the 

8 target assigned to the committee under 

9 this subparagraph. 

10 ‘‘(B) OTHER PROPOSALS.—Any Member of 

11 the Senate may introduce a bill that meets the 

12 required ratio, as determined by the Congres13 sional Budget Office, which shall be referred to 

14 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate if 

15 the proposal is sponsored by not less than one16 fifth of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, 

17 including— 

18 ‘‘(i) not fewer than 10 Members who 

19 are members of or caucus with the mem20 bers of the political party of the majority 

21 leader of the Senate; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) not fewer than 10 Members who 

23 are members of or caucus with any other 

24 political party that is not the political 

25 party of the majority leader of the Senate. 


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1 ‘‘(4) REPORTED LEGISLATION BY BUDGET COM2 MITTEE.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on the 

4 Budget of the Senate shall report at least one 

5 bill that meets the required ratio not later than 

6 60 days after the date on which the President 

7 submits a debt reduction proposal under this 

8 section. 

9 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF LEGISLATION.—A bill 

10 reported under subparagraph (A) may in11 clude— 

12 ‘‘(i) the debt reduction proposal sub13 mitted by the President under this sub14 section, including any modifications to 

15 such proposal by the Committee on Budget 

16 of the Senate that are necessary to make 

17 it achieve the required ratio; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the compilation of proposals sub19 mitted to the Committee on Budget of the 

20 Senate under subparagraph (3)(A), includ21 ing any modifications to such package by 

22 the Committee on Budget of the Senate 

23 that are necessary to make it achieve the 

24 required ratio; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) any proposal submitted to the 

2 Committee on Budget of the Senate under 

3 subparagraph (3)(B). 

4 ‘‘(C) CBO SCORE.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No bill may be re6 ported under subparagraph (A) unless the 

7 Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 

8 ‘‘(I) submits to the Director of 

9 the Congressional Budget Office such 

10 bill for a cost estimate to be prepared 

11 under section 402; and 

12 ‘‘(II) receives from the Director a 

13 cost estimate described in subclause 

14 (I) that includes a statement that 

15 such bill meets the required ratio. 

16 ‘‘(ii) TIME PERIOD.—The 60-day pe17 riod described in subparagraph (A) shall 

18 not include the period beginning on the 

19 date on which the Chair of the Committee 

20 on the Budget of the Senate submits to the 

21 Director of the Congressional Budget Of22 fice the bill under clause (i)(I) and ending 

23 on the date on which the Chair receives the 

24 cost estimate under clause (i)(II). 


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1 ‘‘(5) DISCHARGE.—If the Committee on the 

2 Budget of the Senate has not reported a bill under 

3 paragraph (4) before the end of the 60-day period 

4 described in that paragraph, the Committee on the 

5 Budget of the Senate shall be automatically dis6 charged from further consideration of— 

7 ‘‘(A) the proposal introduced under para8 graph (1), which shall be placed on the appro9 priate calendar; and 

10 ‘‘(B) any proposal submitted under para11 graph (3)(B), which shall be placed on the ap12 propriate calendar. 

13 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section and section 408, 

14 the term ‘required ratio’ means the ratio that reduces by 

15 not less than 5 percentage points the projected ratio under 

16 current law of debt held by the public to Gross Domestic 

17 Product in the tenth fiscal year after the current fiscal 

18 year. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 408. CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT20 ATIVES OF ALTERNATIVE DEBT REDUCTION 

21 PROPOSALS. 

22 ‘‘(a) INTRODUCTION.—In the House of Representa23 tives, any bill that satisfies the required ratio as deter24 mined by the Congressional Budget Office and does not 

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1 be introduced by the majority leader, the minority leader, 

2 or by any other Member (if that Member’s proposed bill 

3 is cosponsored by at least 145 other Members or by at 

4 least 20 Members of the majority party and 20 Members 

5 of the minority party). 

6 ‘‘(b) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON RULES.—Any 

7 bill introduced under subsection (a) shall be referred to 

8 the Committee on Rules. Each such bill shall be scored 

9 by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to de10 termine if such bill satisfies the required ratio. If such bill 

11 achieves the required ratio, it shall be reported without 

12 amendment to the House for its consideration within 30 

13 calendar days of the date of introduction of the bill. 

14 ‘‘(c) QUEEN-OF-THE-HILL RULE FOR CONSIDER15 ATION.—In the House of Representatives, any bill de16 scribed in section 407 and any bill reported under sub17 section (b) shall be considered in the House of Representa18 tives pursuant to a special order of business if the text 

19 of the bill provides that the text of all such bills reported 

20 under subsection (b) may be offered as amendments in 

21 the nature of a substitute and if more than one such 

22 amendment is adopted then the one receiving the greater 

23 number of affirmative recorded votes shall be considered 

24 as finally adopted. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 409. CONSIDERATION ON THE FLOOR OF THE SEN2 ATE. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule XXII of 

4 the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order, not later 

5 than 5 days of session after the date on which a bill meet6 ing the requirements of section 407(c)(4) is reported from 

7 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate or the date 

8 on which any proposal is placed on the calendar after dis9 charge under section 407(c)(5), as applicable, for the ma10 jority leader of the Senate or a Member of the Senate des11 ignated by the majority leader of the Senate to move to 

12 proceed to the consideration of the bill. It shall also be 

13 in order, notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 

14 Rules of the Senate, for any Member of the Senate to 

15 move to proceed to the consideration of the bill at any 

16 time after the conclusion of such 5-day period. A motion 

17 to proceed is in order even though a previous motion to 

18 the same effect has been disagreed to. All points of order 

19 against the motion to proceed to the bill are waived. The 

20 motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A motion 

21 to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to 

22 or disagreed to shall not be in order. Consideration of the 

23 motion to proceed shall be limited to not more than 10 

24 hours equally divided between the majority leader and the 

25 minority leader or their designees. A motion to proceed 


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1 shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Senators 

2 duly chosen and sworn. 

3 ‘‘(b) EXTRANEOUS PROVISIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid5 ering a bill under subsection (a), upon a point of 

6 order being made by any Senator against a extra7 neous material contained in the joint resolution, and 

8 the point of order is sustained by the Chair, the pro9 vision that contains the extraneous material shall be 

10 stricken from the joint resolution. 

11 ‘‘(2) EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL DEFINED.—In 

12 this subsection, the term ‘extraneous material’ 

13 means— 

14 ‘‘(A) a provision that does not produce a 

15 change in outlays or revenue, including changes 

16 in outlays and revenues brought about by 

17 changes in the terms and conditions under 

18 which outlays are made or revenues are re19 quired to be collected (but a provision in which 

20 outlay decreases or revenue increases exactly 

21 offset outlay increases or revenue decreases 

22 shall not be considered extraneous by virtue of 

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1 ‘‘(B) a provision producing changes in out2 lays or revenues which are merely incidental to 

3 the non-budgetary components of the provision. 

4 ‘‘(3) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 

5 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

6 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

8 ‘‘SEC. 410. CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE. 

9 ‘‘If a House of Congress receives a bill passed by the 

10 other House under section 408 or 409 and has not yet 

11 passed a bill under section 408 or 409, the following pro12 cedures for consideration shall apply: 

13 ‘‘(1) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE

14 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

15 ‘‘(A) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in 

17 order, not later than 30 days after the 

18 date on which the House of Representa19 tives receives a bill passed by the Senate 

20 under section 409, to move to proceed to 

21 consider the bill in the House of Rep22 resentatives. 

23 ‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to 

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1 ‘‘(I) all points of order against 

2 the motion are waived; 

3 ‘‘(II) such a motion shall not be 

4 in order after the House of Represent5 atives has disposed of a motion to 

6 proceed on the bill; 

7 ‘‘(III) the previous question shall 

8 be considered as ordered on the mo9 tion to its adoption without inter10 vening motion; 

11 ‘‘(IV) the motion shall not be de12 batable; and 

13 ‘‘(V) a motion to reconsider the 

14 vote by which the motion is disposed 

15 of shall not be in order. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—If the House of 

17 Representatives proceeds to consideration of a 

18 bill under this paragraph— 

19 ‘‘(i) the bill shall be considered as 

20 read; 

21 ‘‘(ii) all points of order against the 

22 bill and against its consideration are 

23 waived; 

24 ‘‘(iii) the previous question shall be 

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1 sage without intervening motion except 

2 three hours of debate equally divided and 

3 controlled by the proponent and an oppo4 nent; 

5 ‘‘(iv) an amendment to the bill shall 

6 not be in order; and 

7 ‘‘(v) a motion to reconsider the vote 

8 on passage of the bill shall not be in order. 

9 ‘‘(2) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE SEN10 ATE.— 

11 ‘‘(A) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

13 rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

14 Senate, it is in order, not later than 30 

15 days after the date on which the Senate re16 ceives a bill passed under section 408 by 

17 the House of Representatives, to move to 

18 proceed to consider the bill in the Senate. 

19 ‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to 

20 proceed to the consideration of a bill under 

21 this paragraph— 

22 ‘‘(I) all points of order against 

23 the motion are waived; 

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1 ‘‘(III) the motion is not subject 

2 to a motion to postpone; 

3 ‘‘(IV) a motion to reconsider the 

4 vote by which the motion is agreed to 

5 or disagreed to shall not be in order; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(V) if the motion is agreed to, 

8 the bill shall remain the unfinished 

9 business until disposed of. 

10 ‘‘(B) FLOOR CONSIDERATION GEN11 ERALLY.—If the Senate proceeds to consider12 ation of a bill under this paragraph— 

13 ‘‘(i) all points of order against the bill 

14 (and against consideration of the bill) are 

15 waived; 

16 ‘‘(ii) consideration of the bill, and all 

17 debatable motions and appeals in connec18 tion therewith, shall be limited to not more 

19 than 20 hours, which shall be divided 

20 equally between the majority and minority 

21 leaders or their designees; 

22 ‘‘(iii) a motion further to limit debate 

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1 ‘‘(iv) an amendment to, a motion to 

2 postpone, or a motion to recommit the bill 

3 is not in order; and 

4 ‘‘(v) a motion to proceed to the con5 sideration of other business is not in order. 

6 ‘‘(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on 

7 passage of a bill under this paragraph shall 

8 occur immediately following the conclusion of 

9 the consideration of the bill, and a single 

10 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 

11 requested in accordance with the rules of the 

12 Senate, and shall require an affirmative vote of 

13 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate duly 

14 chosen and sworn. 

15 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCES.—If the Senate and the 

16 House of Representatives have both passed the bill 

17 in different forms, then a conference committee on 

18 the bill shall be considered as ordered and the 

19 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

20 majority leader of the Senate shall immediately ap21 point Managers to such conference committee to re22 solve any disagreement between the Houses.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

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1 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after 

2 the item relating to section 406 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 407. Consideration of the debt reduction proposal submitted by the President. 

‘‘Sec. 408. Consideration in the House of Representatives of alternative debt reduction proposals. 

‘‘Sec. 409. Consideration on the floor of the Senate. 

‘‘Sec. 410. Consideration by other house.’’. 

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