I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2663 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2011 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Costa, Mr. Critz, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Farr, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Watt, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Engel, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. Bass of California, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Towns, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Murphy of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the America Pays Its Bills Act of 2011.

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Increase in statutory limit on the public debt

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 $16,700,000,000,000.