Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any extension of the public debt limit…

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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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Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider any bill or joint resolution extending the limit on the public debt if such measure contains any other matter.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2013

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: 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.

Latest action (Jan 3, 2013): Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Policy area: Congress · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 3, 2013

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.