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<bill bill-stage="Placed-on-Calendar-Senate" dms-id="A1" public-private="public">
	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<calendar>Calendar No. 2</calendar>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 163</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20110125" legis-day="20110105">January 25
			 (legislative day, January 5), 2011</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S351">Mr. Toomey</sponsor> (for himself,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S342">Mr. Blunt</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S346">Mr.
			 Lee</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S302">Mr. DeMint</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S317">Mr. Barrasso</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S321">Mr. Johanns</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S305">Mr.
			 Isakson</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S339">Mr. Kirk</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S254">Mr. Enzi</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S299">Mr.
			 Vitter</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S236">Mr. Inhofe</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S345">Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S348">Mr. Paul</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S281">Mr.
			 Ensign</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S301">Mr. Coburn</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S290">Mr. Chambliss</cosponsor>, and
			 <cosponsor name-id="S350">Mr. Rubio</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill;
			 which was read the first time</action-desc>
		</action>
		<action>
			<action-date>January 26, 2011</action-date>
			<action-desc>Read the second time and placed on the
			 calendar</action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To require that the Government prioritize all obligations
		  on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is
		  reached.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short
			 title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as
			 the <quote><short-title>Full Faith and Credit
			 Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
		</section><section id="ID685296fe1fd6497992dc9131ee6ed6a4"><enum>2.</enum><header>Prioritize
			 obligations on the debt held by the public</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the event that the debt of the United
			 States Government, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United States Code,
			 reaches the statutory limit, the authority of the Department of the Treasury
			 provided in section 3123 of title 31, United States Code, to pay with legal
			 tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public shall take
			 priority over all other obligations incurred by the Government of the United
			 States.</text>
		</section></legis-body>
	<endorsement>
		<action-date>January 26, 2011</action-date>
		<action-desc>Read the second time and placed on the
		  calendar</action-desc>
	</endorsement>
</bill>
