Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any extension of the public debt limit only be considered in a standalone bill.

Bill: 113-hres-12
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Legislative rules and procedure
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any bill or joint resolution extending the limit on the public debt if such measure contains any other matter.</p>

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 12 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Clyburn , Mr. Courtney , and Mr. Yarmuth ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any extension of the public debt limit only be considered in a standalone bill.

That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: Consideration of public debt limit extension 12. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint resolution extending the limit on the public debt if such measure contains any other matter. .