[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4027 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4027

To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House 
 and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal 
            budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2014

 Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House 
 and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal 
            budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.

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

SECTION 1. PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION.

    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 ``$19,250,000,000,000''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL VOTES REQUIRED ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO 
              BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND TO RESTRICT NEW 
              ENTITLEMENT SPENDING.

    Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the House 
of Representatives and the Senate shall each vote upon a proposed 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States entitled ``Joint 
resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States'' or entitled ``Joint resolution proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restrict the 
power of Congress to enact legislation increasing any amount spent 
under entitlement programs or creating new entitlement programs''. If 
such vote fails to achieve a two-thirds majority in either House of 
Congress then there shall be a vote in that House of Congress on either 
such amendment within 90 days.
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