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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. 
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 ‘‘DebtPatriots.Gov Act 
of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the total public debt as of November 17, 
2011, is over $15 trillion and that every American’s 
share is $47,080; 
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(2) www.pay.gov, launched in October 2000, is 
a secure Government-wide collection portal, which is 
Web-based and allows customers to access their ac-
counts from any computer with Internet access; 
(3) www.pay.gov satisfies agencies and con-
sumers demands for electronic alternatives by pro-
viding the ability to complete forms, make payments, 
and submit queries 24 hours a day electronically; 
(4) citizens who wish to make a general dona-
tion to the United States Government may send con-
tributions to a specific account called ‘‘Gifts to the 
United States’’, an account established in 1843 to 
accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wish-
ing to express their patriotism to the United States; 
(5) citizens who wish to make a general dona-
tion to a specific account called ‘‘Gifts to Reduce the 
Public Debt of the United States’’ may use 
TreasuryDirect, a section of www.pay.gov and 
Treasury Direct; 
(6) gifts to reduce the public debt are accepted 
under the provisions of section 3113 of title 31, 
United States Code, which authorizes the Secretary 
of the Treasury to accept conditional gifts to the 
United States for the purpose of reducing the public 
debt; 
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(7) gifts to reduce the public debt are voluntary 
donations, and no goods, services, or other consider-
ations are provided to the donors, including, but not 
limited to, benefits on future tax liability; and 
(8) gifts to reduce the public debt do not super-
sede the constitutional powers nor the responsibility 
of Congress to ‘‘pay the debts’’, as described in arti-
cle I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
States. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to pub-
lically recognize the patriotism of certain individuals and 
corporations which are willing to contribute additional 
funds, above and beyond their tax obligations, in order to 
reduce the public debt of the United States. 
SEC. 3. NEW WEB SITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Using the existing infrastructure 
of www.pay.gov, the Secretary of the Treasury shall create 
a new Web site, www.DebtPatriots.gov, to specifically re-
ceive gifts to reduce the public debt. The Web site shall 
be known as ‘‘Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt’’ and shall 
include the following: 
(1) Improved features and user interface from 
the existing infrastructure for ease of use. 
(2) 
An 
easily 
accessible 
domain 
name, 
www.DebtPatriots.gov. 
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(3) an opt-in check-box to allow donor names to 
be publically recognized for their donation. 
(4) A linked Web site on which the publically 
recognized donors can be published according to the 
following levels of donation: 
(A) Corporation Award Levels: 
(i) Corporate Founder ($50B). 
(ii) Corporate Son of Liberty ($10B). 
(iii) Corporate Constitutional Delegate 
($1B). 
(iv) Corporate Minuteman ($500M). 
(v) Corporate Patriot ($1M). 
(B) Individual Award Levels (Premium): 
(i) Premium Founding Father/Mother 
($1B). 
(ii) Premium Son/Daughter of Liberty 
($500M). 
(iii) Premium Constitutional Delegate 
($100M). 
(iv) 
Premium 
Minuteman/woman 
($10M). 
(v) Premium Patriot ($1M). 
(C) Individual Award Levels: 
(i) Founding Father/Mother ($100K). 
(ii) Son/Daughter of Liberty ($10K). 
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(iii) Constitutional Delegate ($1K). 
(iv) Minuteman/woman ($100). 
(v) Patriot ($10). 
(5) A clearly published list of the aforemen-
tioned award levels on DebtPatriots.Gov. 
(6) A printable form and address for those who 
prefer to make a gift through the mail by check. 
(b) REQUIRED LINKS TO WEB SITE.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury and the President shall provide a link to 
this Web site on their main pages. 
SEC. 4. CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. 
The President shall issue a signed certification of ap-
preciation recognizing the award level of each donor who 
contributes to ‘‘Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt’’. 
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