I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 415 
To repeal the debt ceiling, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2023 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. EVANS, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 
Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TRONE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CAR-
SON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
THANEDAR, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To repeal the debt ceiling, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End the Threat of 
Default Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DEBT CEILING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 301(b)(5) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(b)(5)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘debt subject to limit (in section 3101 
of title 31 of the United States Code)’’ and inserting 
‘‘face value of obligations issued under chapter 31 of 
title 31, United States Code, and the face amount 
of obligations whose principal and interest are guar-
anteed by the United States Government (except 
guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the 
Treasury)’’. 
(2) Section 8348 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsections (j), (k), and (l). 
(3) Section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsections (g) and (h). 
(4) Section 14(d)(2) of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Act (12 U.S.C. 1824(d)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C), respectively. 
(5) Section 3101A of title 31, United States 
Code, is repealed. 
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(6) Section 3130(e)(2) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘total amount 
of the obligations subject to the public debt limit es-
tablished in section 3101 of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘face value of obligations issued under this chapter 
and the face amount of obligations whose principal 
and interest are guaranteed by the United States 
Government (except guaranteed obligations held by 
the Secretary of the Treasury)’’. 
(7) Section 1145(b) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320b–15(b)) is amended by striking 
‘‘any obligation subject to the public debt limit es-
tablished under section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘any obligation issued 
under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, 
and any obligation whose principal and interest are 
guaranteed by the United States Government (ex-
cept guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of 
the Treasury)’’. 
(8) The table of sections for chapter 31 of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 3101 and 3101A. 
(c) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) CIVIL
SERVICE
RETIREMENT
AND
DIS-
ABILITY FUND.—Notwithstanding the amendments 
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