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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6393 

To amend chapter 31 of title 31 of the United States Code and title IV 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to automatically suspend the 

debt limit for the fiscal year of a budget resolution. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2022 

Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. HUIZENGA, and Ms. 

BOURDEAUX) 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 chapter 31 of title 31 of the United States Code 

and title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

to automatically suspend the debt limit for the fiscal 

year of a budget resolution. 

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 SUSPEND 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 suspending the statutory limit on the public debt until the 

16 last day of the fiscal year of that concurrent resolution. 

17 Upon engrossment of the joint resolution, the vote by 

18 which the concurrent resolution on the budget was adopt19 ed by the House of Representatives shall also be consid20 ered as a vote on passage of the joint resolution in the 

21 House of Representatives, and the joint resolution shall 

22 be considered as passed by the House of Representatives 

23 and duly certified and examined. The engrossed copy shall 

24 be signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives 

25 and transmitted to the Senate. Upon receipt of the House 

26 of Representatives joint resolution in the Senate, the vote 


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1 by which the concurrent resolution on the budget was 

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

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

4 joint resolution shall be considered as passed by the Sen5 ate, duly certified and examined, and transmitted to the 

6 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 suspending 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: ‘Section 3101(b) of title 31, 

18 United States Code, shall not apply for the period 

19 beginning on the date of enactment and ending on 

20 September 30, llll.’ (with the blank being 

21 filled with the fiscal year of the concurrent resolu22 tion on the budget). 

23 ‘‘(c) INCREASE OF DEBT LIMIT.—Effective on the 

24 date on which the authority of a joint resolution described 


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1 in subsection (b) terminates, the limitation in effect under 

2 section 3101(b) shall be increased to the extent that— 

3 ‘‘(1) the face amount of obligations issued 

4 under this chapter and the face amount of obliga5 tions whose principal and interest are guaranteed by 

6 the United States Government (except guaranteed 

7 obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) 

8 outstanding on such date, exceeds 

9 ‘‘(2) the face amount of such obligations out10 standing on the date the debt limit was last in ef11 fect. 

12 ‘‘(d) RESTORING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY OVER

13 THE NATIONAL DEBT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY OBLI15 GATIONS.—An obligation shall not be taken into ac16 count under subsection (c)(1) unless the issuance of 

17 such obligation was necessary to fund a commitment 

18 incurred pursuant to law by the Federal Government 

19 that required payment before the date on which the 

20 authorization of the joint resolution described in 

21 subsection (b) terminates. 

22 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON CREATION OF CASH RE23 SERVE DURING EXTENSION PERIOD.—The Secretary 

24 of the Treasury shall not issue obligations during 

25 the period specified in the matter after the resolving 


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1 clause of a joint resolution, as described in sub2 section (b)(3), for the purpose of increasing the cash 

3 balance above normal operating balances in anticipa4 tion of the expiration of such period. 

5 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec6 tion shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting— 

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

8 or the Senate to consider and pass bills or joint res9 olutions, without regard to the procedures under 

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

11 on the public debt; or 

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

13 Resident Commissioner, or committees with respect 

14 to the introduction, consideration, and reporting of 

15 such bills or joint resolutions. 

16 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 

17 3101B— 

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

19 that reduces by not less than 5 percentage points 

20 the projected ratio under current law of debt held by 

21 the public to Gross Domestic Product in the tenth 

22 fiscal year after the current fiscal year; and 

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

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1 gations guaranteed as to principal and interest by 

2 the United States (except such guaranteed obliga3 tions as may be held by the Secretary of the Treas4 ury), as determined under section 3101(b) after the 

5 application of section 3101(a), that may be out6 standing at any one time. 

7 ‘‘§ 3101B. Presidential modification of the debt ceil8 ing 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

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

11 year, Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolu12 tion on the budget that satisfies the required ratio 

13 by the covered date, the President may submit a 

14 written notification to Congress, including a debt re15 duction proposal with legislative language that satis16 fies the required ratio, that the President is sus17 pending the statutory limit on the public debt sub18 ject to limit in section 3101(b) and that further bor19 rowing is required to meet existing commitments. 

20 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF NOTIFICATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara22 graph (C), upon the submission of a written no23 tification by the President under paragraph (1), 

24 including a debt reduction proposal comprised 

25 of legislative text that the Director of the Office 


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1 of Management and Budget has determined 

2 satisfies the required ratio, the statutory limit 

3 on the public debt shall be suspended until the 

4 end of the fiscal year beginning in the calendar 

5 year in which the President submits a request. 

6 ‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro7 vided in subparagraph (C), a suspension of the 

8 statutory limit on the public debt under sub9 paragraph (A) shall take effect on the date that 

10 is 30 calendar days after the date on which the 

11 written notification is submitted by the Presi12 dent under paragraph (1). 

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

14 statutory limit on the public debt shall not be 

15 suspended under this paragraph if, during the 

16 30-calendar-day period beginning on the date 

17 on which Congress receives a notification under 

18 this paragraph, Congress enacts into law a joint 

19 resolution of disapproval in accordance with 

20 subsection (b). 

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

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

23 earlier of— 


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

2 which the fiscal year of the applicable concur3 rent resolution on the budget begins; or 

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

5 statutory limit on the public debt will be 

6 reached, as described in the congressional noti7 fication submitted by the Secretary of the 

8 Treasury. 

9 ‘‘(4) INCREASE OF DEBT LIMIT.—Effective on 

10 the date the debt limit extension pursuant to the 

11 written notification under paragraph (1) terminates, 

12 the limitation in effect under section 3101(b) shall 

13 be increased to the extent that— 

14 ‘‘(A) the face amount of obligations issued 

15 under this chapter and the face amount of obli16 gations whose principal and interest are guar17 anteed by the United States Government (ex18 cept guaranteed obligations held by the Sec19 retary of the Treasury) outstanding on such 

20 date, exceeds 

21 ‘‘(B) the face amount of such obligations 

22 outstanding on the date the debt limit was last 

23 in effect. 

24 ‘‘(5) RESTORING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY

25 OVER THE NATIONAL DEBT.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY

2 OBLIGATIONS.—An obligation shall not be taken 

3 into account under paragraph (4)(A) unless the 

4 issuance of such obligation was necessary to 

5 fund a commitment incurred pursuant to law by 

6 the Federal Government that required payment 

7 before the date on which the debt limit exten8 sion pursuant to the written notification under 

9 paragraph (1) terminates. 

10 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON CREATION OF CASH

11 RESERVE DURING EXTENSION PERIOD.—The 

12 Secretary of the Treasury shall not issue obliga13 tions during the period beginning on the effec14 tive date described in paragraph (2)(B) and 

15 ending on the last day of the fiscal year de16 scribed in paragraph (2)(A) for the purpose of 

17 increasing the cash balance above normal oper18 ating balances in anticipation of the expiration 

19 of such period. 

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

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a joint resolution of dis22 approval has not been enacted by the end of the 30- 

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1 section (a), the statutory limit on public debt shall 

2 be suspended as specified in the presidential notifi3 cation. 

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

5 the purpose of this section, the term ‘joint resolu6 tion’ means only a joint resolution— 

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

8 the written notification is received and 3 cal9 endar days after that date (or if the House of 

10 Representatives or Senate is not in session, the 

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

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

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

14 ‘Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of 

15 the President’s exercise of authority to suspend 

16 the debt limit, as submitted under section 

17 3101B(a) of title 31, United States Code, on 

18 llllll’ (with the blank containing the 

19 date of such submission); and 

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

21 of which is only as follows: ‘That Congress dis22 approves of the President’s exercise of authority 

23 to suspend the debt limit, as exercised pursuant 

24 to the written notification under section 

25 3101B(a) of title 31, United States Code.’. 


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

2 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

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

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

5 Speaker of the House of Representatives, if the 

6 House of Representatives would otherwise be ad7 journed, shall notify the Members of the House of 

8 Representatives that, pursuant to this section, the 

9 House of Representatives shall convene not later 

10 than the second calendar day after receipt of such 

11 written notification. 

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

13 resolution introduced under paragraph (1) shall be 

14 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means of 

15 the House of Representatives and such committee 

16 shall report the joint resolution to the House of Rep17 resentatives without amendment not later than 5 

18 calendar days after the date on which the joint reso19 lution is introduced. If the Committee on Ways and 

20 Means fails to report the joint resolution within the 

21 5-day period, the Committee on Ways and Means 

22 shall be discharged from further consideration of the 

23 joint resolution and it shall be referred to the appro24 priate calendar. 


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

2 report or discharge from the Committee on Ways 

3 and Means of the House of Representatives, and not 

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

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

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

7 resolution in the House of Representatives. All 

8 points of order against the motion are waived. Such 

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

10 Representatives has disposed of a motion to proceed 

11 on a joint resolution addressing a particular submis12 sion. The previous question shall be considered as 

13 ordered on the motion to its adoption without inter14 vening motion. The motion shall not be debatable. A 

15 motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

16 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

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

18 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

19 against the joint resolution and against its consider20 ation are waived. The previous question shall be con21 sidered as ordered on the joint resolution to its pas22 sage without intervening motion except two hours of 

23 debate equally divided and controlled by the pro24 ponent and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 


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1 vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 

2 in order. 

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

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

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

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

7 majority leader of the Senate, after consultation 

8 with the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify 

9 the Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 

10 section, the Senate shall convene not later than the 

11 second calendar day after receipt of such message. 

12 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro13 duction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 

14 immediately placed on the calendar. 

15 ‘‘(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

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

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

18 in order at any time during the period begin19 ning on the day after the date on which Con20 gress receives a written notification under sub21 section (a) and ending on the sixth day after 

22 the date on which Congress receives a written 

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1 ation of the joint resolution, and all points of 

2 order against the joint resolution (and against 

3 consideration of the joint resolution) are 

4 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

5 The motion is not subject to a motion to post6 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

7 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 

8 be in order. If a motion to proceed to the con9 sideration of the resolution is agreed to, the 

10 joint resolution shall remain the unfinished 

11 business until disposed of. 

12 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of 

13 the joint resolution, and on all debatable mo14 tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 

15 be limited to not more than 10 hours, which 

16 shall be divided equally between the majority 

17 and minority leaders or their designees. A mo18 tion further to limit debate is in order and not 

19 debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 

20 postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid21 eration of other business, or a motion to recom22 mit the joint resolution is not in order. 

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

24 has voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the 

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1 occur immediately following the conclusion of 

2 consideration of the joint resolution, and a sin3 gle quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 

4 if requested in accordance with the rules of the 

5 Senate. 

6 ‘‘(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE7 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

8 relating to the application of the rules of the 

9 Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re10 lating to a joint resolution shall be decided 

11 without debate. 

12 ‘‘(e) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolu13 tion of disapproval considered pursuant to this section 

14 shall not be subject to amendment in either the House 

15 of Representatives or the Senate. 

16 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

17 HOUSE.— 

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

19 resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 

20 resolution— 

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

22 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

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

24 shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 

25 been received from the other house until the 


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1 vote on passage, when the joint resolution re2 ceived from the other house shall supplant the 

3 joint resolution of the receiving House. 

4 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF

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

6 consider a joint resolution under this section, the 

7 joint resolution of the House shall be entitled to ex8 pedited floor procedures under this section. 

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

10 If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 

11 Senate, the Senate then receives the companion 

12 measure from the House of Representatives, the 

13 companion measure shall not be debatable. 

14 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.— 

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

16 joint resolution, the period beginning on the 

17 date the President is presented with the joint 

18 resolution and ending on the date the President 

19 signs, allows to become law without the signa20 ture of the President, or vetoes and returns the 

21 joint resolution (but excluding days when either 

22 House is not in session) shall be disregarded in 

23 computing the appropriate calendar day period 

24 described in subsection (b)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(B) DEBATE ON VETO MESSAGE.—De2 bate on a veto message in the Senate under this 

3 section shall be 1 hour equally divided between 

4 the majority and minority leaders or their des5 ignees. 

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

7 calendar-day period described in subsection 

8 (b)(1), Congress overrides a veto of a joint reso9 lution, the limitation in effect under section 

10 3101(b) shall not be suspended. 

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

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

13 Congress— 

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

15 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec16 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 

17 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

18 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

19 House in the case of a joint resolution, and it super20 sedes other rules only to the extent that it is incon21 sistent with such rules; and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 3101A and inserting the following: 

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

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

7 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEBT REDUCTION PRO8 POSAL SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Congres10 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

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

12 406 the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 407. CONSIDERATION OF THE DEBT REDUCTION PRO14 POSAL SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT. 

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

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

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

18 required ratio as determined by the Office of Management 

19 and Budget. 

20 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S PRO21 POSAL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION.—Any debt reduction pro23 posal submitted by the President under section 

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1 troduced by the majority or minority leader of the 

2 House of Representatives or their designees. Upon 

3 introduction, the Chair of the Committee on the 

4 Budget shall within 3 days submit the proposal to 

5 the Congressional Budget Office to be scored. 

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

7 under paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Com8 mittee on the Budget of the House of Representa9 tives. 

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

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

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

13 Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep14 resentatives shall submit to each appropriate com15 mittee of the House a request that, during the 30- 

16 day period beginning on the date on which the re17 quest is made, the appropriate committee submit to 

18 the Committee on the Budget of the House— 

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

20 introduced under paragraph (1); and 

21 ‘‘(B)(i) any recommendations related to 

22 the proposal; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) any alternative recommendation to re24 duce the deficit within the jurisdiction of the 

25 committee. 


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

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

4 Budget of the House of Representatives shall 

5 report a bill that meets the required ratio not 

6 later than 60 days after the date on which the 

7 President submits a debt reduction proposal 

8 under this section. 

9 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF LEGISLATION.—The 

10 bill reported under subparagraph (A) may in11 clude— 

12 ‘‘(i) the debt reduction proposal sub13 mitted by the President under this section; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) any recommendations submitted 

16 to the Committee on the Budget of the 

17 House of Representatives under paragraph 

18 (3), including any modifications to such 

19 proposals by the Committee on the Budget 

20 of the House of Representatives. 

21 ‘‘(C) CBO SCORE.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No bill may be re23 ported under subparagraph (A) unless the 

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1 ‘‘(I) submits to the Director of 

2 the Congressional Budget Office such 

3 bill for a cost estimate to be prepared 

4 under section 402; and 

5 ‘‘(II) receives from the Director a 

6 cost estimate described in subclause 

7 (I) that includes a statement that 

8 such bill meets the required ratio. 

9 ‘‘(ii) TIME PERIOD.—The 60-day pe10 riod described in subparagraph (A) shall 

11 not include the period beginning on the 

12 date on which the Chair of the Committee 

13 on the Budget of the House of Representa14 tives submits to the Director of the Con15 gressional Budget Office the bill under 

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

17 which the Chair receives the cost estimate 

18 under clause (i)(II). 

19 ‘‘(5) DISCHARGE.— 

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

21 the Budget of the House of Representatives 

22 fails to report a bill within 60 days after the re23 ferral of the proposal submitted under section 

24 3101B of title 31, United States Code, and 

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1 rector to satisfy the required ratio, then the 

2 committee shall be discharged from further con3 sideration of the bill that embodies the debt re4 duction proposal of the President and it shall 

5 be referred to the appropriate calendar. 

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

7 Representatives, if the Committee on Rules fails 

8 to report a rule within 7 legislative days of the 

9 bill being placed on the Calendar for the consid10 eration of a bill reported by the Committee on 

11 the Budget under paragraph (4) or discharged 

12 under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 

13 which has been determined by the Director to 

14 satisfy the required ratio, then any Member 

15 may offer a privilege resolution providing for 

16 the consideration of the bill. Such resolution 

17 shall provide that upon its adoption it shall be 

18 in order to consider in the House of Represent19 atives the bill. The bill under the procedure set 

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

21 two hours equally divided and controlled by a 

22 proponent and opponent of thereof. The pre23 vious question shall be considered as ordered on 

24 the bill of final passage without intervening mo25 tion except 1 motion to recommit. 


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1 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S PRO2 POSAL IN THE SENATE.— 

3 ‘‘(1) INTRODUCTION.—Any debt reduction pro4 posal submitted by the President under section 

5 3101B of title 31, United States Code, shall be in6 troduced by the majority or minority leader of the 

7 Senate or their designees. Upon introduction, the 

8 Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall within 

9 3 days submit the proposal to the Congressional 

10 Budget Office to be scored. 

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

12 under paragraph (1) shall be referred to the Com13 mittee on the Budget of the Senate. 

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

15 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.—Not 

16 later than 3 days after the date on which a pro17 posal is referred under paragraph (2), the Chair 

18 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

19 shall submit to each appropriate committee of 

20 the Senate a request that, during the 30-day 

21 period beginning on the date on which the re22 quest is made, the appropriate committee sub23 mit to the Committee on the Budget of the 

24 Senate— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a general assessment of the pro2 posal introduced under paragraph (1); and 

3 ‘‘(ii)(I) any recommendations related 

4 to the proposal; or 

5 ‘‘(II) any alternative recommendation 

6 to reduce the deficit within the jurisdiction 

7 of the committee. 

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

9 the Senate may introduce a bill that meets the 

10 required ratio, as determined by the Congres11 sional Budget Office, which shall be referred to 

12 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate if 

13 the proposal is sponsored by not less than one14 fifth of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, 

15 including— 

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

17 are members of or caucus with the mem18 bers of the political party of the majority 

19 leader of the Senate; and 

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

21 are members of or caucus with any other 

22 political party that is not the political 

23 party of the majority leader of the Senate. 

24 ‘‘(4) REPORTED LEGISLATION BY BUDGET COM25 MITTEE.— 


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

2 Budget of the Senate shall report a bill that 

3 meets the required ratio not later than 60 days 

4 after the date on which the President submits 

5 a debt reduction proposal under this section. 

6 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF LEGISLATION.—The 

7 bill reported under subparagraph (A) may in8 clude— 

9 ‘‘(i) the debt reduction proposal sub10 mitted by the President under this section; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) any proposal submitted to the 

13 Committee on the Budget of the Senate 

14 under paragraph (3), including any modi15 fications to such proposals by the Com16 mittee on the Budget of the Senate. 

17 ‘‘(C) CBO SCORE.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No bill may be re19 ported under subparagraph (A) unless the 

20 Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 

21 ‘‘(I) submits to the Director of 

22 the Congressional Budget Office such 

23 bill for a cost estimate to be prepared 

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1 ‘‘(II) receives from the Director a 

2 cost estimate described in subclause 

3 (I) that includes a statement that 

4 such bill meets the required ratio. 

5 ‘‘(ii) TIME PERIOD.—The 60-day pe6 riod described in subparagraph (A) shall 

7 not include the period beginning on the 

8 date on which the Chair of the Committee 

9 on the Budget of the Senate submits to the 

10 Director of the Congressional Budget Of11 fice the bill under clause (i)(I) and ending 

12 on the date on which the Chair receives the 

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

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

15 Budget of the Senate has not reported a bill under 

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

17 described in that paragraph, the Committee on the 

18 Budget of the Senate shall be automatically dis19 charged from further consideration of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the proposal introduced under para21 graph (1), which shall be placed on the appro22 priate calendar; and 

23 ‘‘(B) any proposal submitted under para24 graph (3)(B), which shall be placed on the ap25 propriate calendar. 


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

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

3 not less than 5 percentage points the projected ratio under 

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

5 Product in the tenth fiscal year after the current fiscal 

6 year. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 408. CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT8 ATIVES OF ALTERNATIVE DEBT REDUCTION 

9 PROPOSALS. 

10 ‘‘(a) INTRODUCTION.—In the House of Representa11 tives, any bill that satisfies the required ratio as deter12 mined by the Congressional Budget Office and does not 

13 contain any matter that is unrelated to debt reduction may 

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

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

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

17 least 20 Members of the majority party and 20 Members 

18 of the minority party). 

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

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

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

22 by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to de23 termine if such bill satisfies the required ratio. If such bill 

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1 amendment to the House for its consideration within 30 

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

3 ‘‘(c) QUEEN-OF-THE-HILL RULE FOR CONSIDER4 ATION.—In the House of Representatives, any bill de5 scribed in section 407 and any bill reported under sub6 section (b) shall be considered in the House of Representa7 tives pursuant to a special order of business if the text 

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

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

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

11 amendment is adopted then the one receiving the greater 

12 number of affirmative recorded votes shall be considered 

13 as finally adopted. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 409. CONSIDERATION ON THE FLOOR OF THE SEN15 ATE. 

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

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

18 than 5 days of session after the date on which a bill meet19 ing the requirements of section 407(c)(4) is reported from 

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

21 on which any proposal is placed on the calendar after dis22 charge under section 407(c)(5), as applicable, for the ma23 jority leader of the Senate or a Member of the Senate des24 ignated by the majority leader of the Senate to move to 

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1 in order, notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 hours equally divided between the majority leader and the 

13 minority leader or their designees. A motion to proceed 

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

15 duly chosen and sworn. 

16 ‘‘(b) EXTRANEOUS PROVISIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid18 ering a bill under subsection (a), upon a point of 

19 order being made by any Senator against a extra20 neous material contained in the joint resolution, and 

21 the point of order is sustained by the Chair, the pro22 vision that contains the extraneous material shall be 

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

2 this subsection, the term ‘extraneous material’ 

3 means— 

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

5 change in outlays or revenue, including changes 

6 in outlays and revenues brought about by 

7 changes in the terms and conditions under 

8 which outlays are made or revenues are re9 quired to be collected (but a provision in which 

10 outlay decreases or revenue increases exactly 

11 offset outlay increases or revenue decreases 

12 shall not be considered extraneous by virtue of 

13 this subparagraph); or 

14 ‘‘(B) a provision producing changes in out15 lays or revenues which are merely incidental to 

16 the non-budgetary components of the provision. 

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

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

19 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

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

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

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

24 passed a bill under section 408 or 409, the following pro25 cedures for consideration shall apply: 


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1 ‘‘(1) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in 

5 order, not later than 30 days after the 

6 date on which the House of Representa7 tives receives a bill passed by the Senate 

8 under section 409, to move to proceed to 

9 consider the bill in the House of Rep10 resentatives. 

11 ‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to 

12 proceed to consider a bill under this sub13 paragraph— 

14 ‘‘(I) all points of order against 

15 the motion are waived; 

16 ‘‘(II) such a motion shall not be 

17 in order after the House of Represent18 atives has disposed of a motion to 

19 proceed on the bill; 

20 ‘‘(III) the previous question shall 

21 be considered as ordered on the mo22 tion to its adoption without inter23 vening motion; 

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1 ‘‘(V) a motion to reconsider the 

2 vote by which the motion is disposed 

3 of shall not be in order. 

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

5 Representatives proceeds to consideration of a 

6 bill under this paragraph— 

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

8 read; 

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

10 bill and against its consideration are 

11 waived; 

12 ‘‘(iii) the previous question shall be 

13 considered as ordered on the bill to its pas14 sage without intervening motion except 

15 three hours of debate equally divided and 

16 controlled by the proponent and an oppo17 nent; 

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

19 not be in order; and 

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

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

22 ‘‘(2) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE SEN23 ATE.— 

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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

2 rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

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

4 days after the date on which the Senate re5 ceives a bill passed under section 408 by 

6 the House of Representatives, to move to 

7 proceed to consider the bill in the Senate. 

8 ‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to 

9 proceed to the consideration of a bill under 

10 this paragraph— 

11 ‘‘(I) all points of order against 

12 the motion are waived; 

13 ‘‘(II) the motion is not debatable; 

14 ‘‘(III) the motion is not subject 

15 to a motion to postpone; 

16 ‘‘(IV) a motion to reconsider the 

17 vote by which the motion is agreed to 

18 or disagreed to shall not be in order; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(V) if the motion is agreed to, 

21 the bill shall remain the unfinished 

22 business until disposed of. 

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

2 (and against consideration of the bill) are 

3 waived; 

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

5 debatable motions and appeals in connec6 tion therewith, shall be limited to not more 

7 than 20 hours, which shall be divided 

8 equally between the majority and minority 

9 leaders or their designees; 

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

11 is in order and not debatable; 

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

13 postpone, or a motion to recommit the bill 

14 is not in order; and 

15 ‘‘(v) a motion to proceed to the con16 sideration of other business is not in order. 

17 ‘‘(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on 

18 passage of a bill under this paragraph shall 

19 occur immediately following the conclusion of 

20 the consideration of the bill, and a single 

21 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 

22 requested in accordance with the rules of the 

23 Senate, and shall require an affirmative vote of 

24 three-fifths of the Members of the Senate duly 

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

2 House of Representatives have both passed the bill 

3 in different forms, then a conference committee on 

4 the bill shall be considered as ordered and the 

5 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

6 majority leader of the Senate shall immediately ap7 point Managers to such conference committee to re8 solve any disagreement between the Houses.’’. 

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

10 in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impound11 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after 

12 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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