HR 2191 · 105th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

National Debt Repayment Act of 1997

Introduced 1997-07-17· Sponsored by Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Enacted
Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7898)(1998-09-16)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Debt Repayment Act of 1997 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require concurrent resolutions on the budget, beginning with the one for the first fiscal year after there is a surplus, to set forth totals of budget outlays and Federal revenues for the budget year and each fiscal year concerned such that the annual rate of change in outlays is at least one percentage point lower than the corresponding change in revenues for each such year. Permits the Congress to waive such requirement for fiscal years in which a declaration of war is in effect or the United States is engaged in military conflict posing a serious threat to national security or for the budget year and the next fiscal year if real economic growth has been negative for two consecutive calendar quarters. Amends Federal law to require the Secretary of the Treasury to use any budget surplus for a fiscal year, with one-third allocated to each of the following, to: (1) exchange special issue nonmarketable Government bonds in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund with marketable Government securities; (2) invest in marketable Government secu…

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Cosponsors (20)

1 Democrat19 Republicans