[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2409 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2409

          To decrease the statutory limit on the public debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2011

Mr. Broun of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
          To decrease the statutory limit on the public debt.

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

SECTION 1. DECREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained 
in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof 
``$13,000,000,000,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2011.
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