HR 3269 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

Introduced Oct 5, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Alan Grayson D-FL

Latest action · Oct 5, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 5, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt - Makes the public debt limit inapplicable for a 330-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Oct 5, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 5, 2013Introduced in House
Oct 5, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 ``The Congress shall have Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6322.

Related bills 11

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3259	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3260	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3261	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3262	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3263	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3264	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3265	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3266	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3267	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3268	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013
HR 3270	Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt	Related bill	Oct 5, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Eliminating the debt ceiling for a period defined, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 5, 2013Introduced in House

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