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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 117–73: Joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-12-16</dc:date>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 117–73—Dec. 16, 2021</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/135/1514">135 STAT. 1514</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>117–73</docNumber>
<congress value="117">117th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">Joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xc70da20b-e812-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2021-12-16">Dec. 16, 2021</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xc70da20c-e812-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/117/sjres/33">S.J. Res. 33</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Resolved   by   the   Senate   and   House   of   Representatives   of   the   United   States   of   America   in   Congress   assembled,</i> </resolvingClause><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc70dc91d-e812-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101">31 USC 3101 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>
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<content class="inline">That the limitation under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101/b">section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, as most recently increased by <ref href="/us/pl/117/50">Public Law 117–50</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3101">31 U.S.C. 3101 note</ref>), is increased by $2,500,000,000,000.</content>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2021-12-16">December 16, 2021</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/117/sjres/33">S.J. Res. 33</ref>:</heading>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 167 (2021):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="xc70dc91e-e812-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Dec. 14, considered and passed Senate and House.</p></note>
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