Federal Debt Management Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-19
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Congressional oversight

Employee benefits and pensions

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Government trust funds
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Federal Debt Management Act of 2015 </b></p> <p>Limits the Department of the Treasury's authority to manage the debt of the United States by using extraordinary measures to prevent the public debt limit from being exceeded. </p> <p>Limits Treasury's authority to suspend the investing of amounts or the issuance of obligations for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Thrift Savings Fund, the Exchange Stabilization Fund, or any other fund or account for the purposes of preventing the public debt of the United States from exceeding the public debt limit. </p> <p>Requires Treasury to submit to Congress additional information regarding the Daily Treasury Statement, including: (1) all cash flow and debt transaction information used in preparing the Daily Treasury Statement, and (2) forecasts for the cash flow and debt transactions of the federal government. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 19 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 6, 2015 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To appropriately manage the debt of the United States by limiting the use of extraordinary measures.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Debt Management Act of 2015 . 2. Debt management (a) Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Section 8348 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsections (j) and (k); and (2) in subsection (l)— (A) by striking (l)(1) The Secretary and all that follows through (2) Whenever and inserting (j) Whenever ; and (B) by striking public debt limit and inserting limitation imposed by section 3101(b) of title 31 . (b) Thrift Savings Fund Section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (g); and (2) in subsection (h)— (A) by striking (h)(1) The Secretary and all that follows through (2) Whenever and inserting (g) Whenever ; and (B) by striking public debt limit and inserting limitation imposed by section 3101(b) of title 31 . (c) Stabilization fund Section 5302(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking , and for investing in obligations of the United States Government those amounts in the fund the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, decides are not required at the time to carry out this section ; and (2) by inserting before the second sentence the following: The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest in obligations of the United States Government any amounts in the stabilization fund that the Secretary, with the approval of the President, decides are not required at the time to carry out this section. . (d) Prohibition The Secretary of the Treasury may not suspend the investing of amounts or the issuance of obligations for any fund or account for purposes of preventing the public debt of the United States from exceeding the limitation imposed by section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code. (e) Savings provisions (1) Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (j) and subsection (l)(1) of section 8348 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall apply to any debt issuance suspension period (as defined under section 8348(j)(5) of such title) that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Thrift Savings Fund Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (b), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (g) and subsection (h)(1) of section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall apply to any debt issuance suspension period (as defined under section 8438(g)(6) of such title) that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 3. Information regarding Daily Treasury Statements Not later than 24 hours after publishing a Daily Treasury Statement, or any successor thereto, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that— (1) provides all cash flow and debt transaction information used in preparing the Daily Treasury Statement; and (2) includes forecasts for the cash flow and debt transactions of the Federal Government.