To increase the statutory limit on the public debt only upon the certification by the President of the submission to the States for their ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal Budget or limit Federal spending.

3.0.0 355 2023-01-11T13:23:11Z 2023-01-11T13:23:11Z House H HR 2013-01-23 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CRAWFORD:H.R. 355.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clauses 1 and 2 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the UnitedStates Constitution.Article V of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congressthe authority to propose Constitutional amendments.[Page H281]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-01-23T14:01:35Z 2013-01-23 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-01-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-01-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001087 Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] Eric Crawford R AR A. "Rick" 1 N Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Constitution and constitutional amendments Economics and Public Finance

00 2013-01-23 Introduced in House 2013-03-04T20:58:03Z Increases the current public debt limit from $14.294 trillion to $16.994 trillion after the President certifies and submits to the states for ratification a joint resolution entitled:

"Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution,"
"Joint resolution proposing a spending limit amendment to the U.S. Constitution," or
"Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to restrict the power of Congress to enact legislation increasing any amount spent under entitlement programs or creating new entitlement programs."

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To increase the statutory limit on the public debt only upon the certification by the President of the submission to the States for their ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal Budget or limit Federal spending. Display Title To increase the statutory limit on the public debt only upon the certification by the President of the submission to the States for their ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal Budget or limit Federal spending. Official Title as Introduced To increase the statutory limit on the public debt only upon the certification by the President of the submission to the States for their ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States to balance the Federal Budget or limit Federal spending. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2013-01-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr355ih/xml/BILLS-113hr355ih.xml 2013-01-23 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.