I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 319 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for an expedited 
process for increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2013 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide 
for an expedited process for increasing the statutory 
limit on the public debt. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEBT INCREASE AS MEASURE OF DEFICIT. 
(a) CONTENT FOR THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
ON THE BUDGET.—Section 301(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
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(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) a heading entitled ‘Debt Increase as Meas-
ure of Deficit’ which sets forth the amounts by 
which the public debt limit (in section 3101(b) of 
title 31 of the United States Code) shall increase in 
each of such years.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 301(b) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking paragraph (5) and redesignating the succeeding 
paragraphs accordingly. 
SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT. 
(a) CONSIDERATION.—Section 305(a) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by redesig-
nating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and by inserting 
after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) Upon passage in the House of Representa-
tive of the conference report on any concurrent reso-
lution on the budget, it shall be immediately in order 
to consider a privileged bill offered by the chairman 
of the Committee on the Budget amending the debt 
subject to limit (in section 3101 of title 31 of the 
United States Code) at the level proposed under the 
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heading ‘Debt Increase as a Measure of Deficit’ for 
the fiscal year of the concurrent resolution on the 
budget. Debate on the bill shall be limited to not 
more than 1 hour. The bill shall not be amendable 
and a motion to commit shall not be in order.’’. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—Section 305 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ACTION ON DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—(1) Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of this 
section for the consideration of the conference report on 
any concurrent resolution shall also apply to the consider-
ation in the Senate of a bill passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives pursuant to subsection (a)(7). 
‘‘(2) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
a bill pursuant to paragraph (1) before the passage of the 
conference report on the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for the fiscal year of the concurrent resolution on 
the budget.’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE OF DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT. 
Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the dollar limitation contained there-
in and inserting ‘‘$17,072,810,000,000’’. 
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