Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

Bill: 113-hjres-57
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2013-08-01
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Constitution and constitutional amendments

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress, by law, to establish a statutory limit on the public debt.</p> <p>States that, if such a limit is in effect upon the adoption of this amendment, that limit shall be the limit for purposes of this resolution.</p> <p>Requires the statutory limit on the public debt to be increased only by the passage of legislation upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of each chamber.<br> </p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 57 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 1, 2013 Mr. Neugebauer introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:  — 1. Congress shall, by law, establish a statutory limit on the public debt. If such a limit is in effect upon the date of adoption of this article, that limit shall be the limit for purposes of this section. 2. The statutory limit on the public debt may only be increased by the passage of legislation upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of each House, a quorum being present. .