To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

Bill Number

HR 2156

Introduced

May 20, 2003

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subseque ...

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Balanced budgets Budget deficits Budget surpluses Congress Congressional reporting requirements Debt limit Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Government trust funds Planning-programming-budgeting Social security finance Social Welfare

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Summary

Provides for a temporary increase in the public debt limit by $375 billion.

Requires the President to submit a ten-year plan to Congress that will bring the Federal unified budget into balance by FY 2008 and, thereafter, make uninterrupted progress in reducing the use of Social Security trust fund surpluses to finance the deficit in the non-Social-Security budget.

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May 20, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
May 20, 2003

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