[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 63 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 63

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  require a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress to increase the 
                  statutory limit on the public debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2011

  Mr. Neugebauer introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  require a two-thirds vote of each House of Congress to increase the 
                  statutory limit on the public debt.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. Congress shall, by law, establish a statutory limit on 
the public debt. If such a limit is in effect upon the date of adoption 
of this article, that limit shall be the limit for purposes of this 
section.
    ``Section 2. The statutory limit on the public debt may only be 
increased by the passage of legislation upon the affirmative vote of 
two-thirds of the Members of each House, a quorum being present.''.
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