[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2862 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2862

             To permanently increase the public debt limit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 1996

  Mrs. Kennelly (for herself, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
   Kleczka, Mr. Stark, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
  Levin, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ford, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Mr. 
Coyne, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. Gephardt) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
             To permanently increase the public debt limit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.

    Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the dollar amount contained in such subsection and 
inserting ``$5,500,000,000,000''.
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