HR 37 · 119th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Introduced 2025-01-03· Sponsored by Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.(2025-01-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 37 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 37 Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within 7 years after the date of its submission for ratification: ``Article-- ``Section 1. Total amount of debt, including debt held by the public and intragovernmental debt, of the United States Government may not be…

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