[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S5247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  TRANSMITTING CERTIFICATION THAT THE DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT IS WITHIN 
  $100,000,000,000 OF THE LIMIT IN 31 U.S.C. 3101(b) AND THAT FURTHER 
       BORROWING IS REQUIRED TO MEET EXISTING COMMITMENTS--PM 17

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States which was referred to the 
Committee on Finance:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to section 3101A(a)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, I 
hereby certify that the debt subject to limit is within 
$100,000,000,000 of the limit in 31 U.S.C. 3101(b) and that further 
borrowing is required to meet existing commitments.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, August 2, 2011.

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