[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 12 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 12

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any 
 extension of the public debt limit only be considered in a standalone 
                                 bill.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2013

  Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Yarmuth) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any 
 extension of the public debt limit only be considered in a standalone 
                                 bill.

    Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
``Consideration of public debt limit extension
    ``12. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint 
resolution extending the limit on the public debt if such measure 
contains any other matter.''.
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