H.R. 3753 · 114th Congress
Debt Ceiling Alternative Act
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This bill establishes requirements for prioritizing obligations and selling federal assets if the federal debt reaches the statutory limit.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 9, 2015
Debt Ceiling Alternative Act
This bill establishes requirements for prioritizing obligations and selling federal assets if the federal debt reaches the statutory limit.
If the Department of the Treasury estimates that the debt will reach the limit during a quarter, the President must ensure that the amount deposited in the Treasury from selling federal assets, disposing of real property, and rescinding unobligated balances is sufficient to prevent the debt from reaching the limit.
To comply with this bill, the President may order the sale of assets, including:
- mortgages and real estate held by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and
- mortgage-backed securities held by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any federal reserve bank.
The Office of the Management and Budget must establish a Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program, under which real property that is not meeting federal government needs may be disposed of using expedited procedures.
If a federal budget deficit exists in 2015 and no later than July 16, 2016, the President may rescind any unobligated balances of funds provided before FY2010.
If the debt reaches the statutory limit, the Department of the Treasury may issue additional obligations solely to pay the principal and interest on debt held by the public and the Social Security trust funds. Obligations issued under this authority are exempt from the debt limit.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Debt Ceiling Alternative Act
Latest action (Oct 9, 2015): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Appropriations, 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.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 9, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.