[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 121 (Friday, August 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 112-48)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means and ordered to be printed:

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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