Debt Management Act of 2013
Latest action · Dec 4, 2013 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1788)
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.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Debt Management Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, within 21 to 60 days before any date on which the Secretary anticipates the public debt will reach the current debt limit, to appear before specified congressional committees to provide specified information. (The debt limit was $16.699 trillion before its suspension in the Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2014 [P.L. 113-46].)
Requires the Secretary to include in such appearance:
- a report on the state of the public debt, including (1) its historical trajectory, major drivers of the current debt and their quantities, and debt projections; and (2) how, if the debt limit is raised, the United States will meet existing debt obligations, including principal and interest;
- a detailed explanation of: (1) any proposal of the President to reduce the structural deficit in the short-term (the following fiscal year), medium-term (approximately 3-5 years), and long-term (approximately 10 years); (2) the impact an increased debt limit will have on future federal spending, service provision, and the status of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency; (3) projections of fiscal health and resilience to long-term entitlement program pressures (including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid), given the proposed measures to reduce the structural deficit and the amount of increase in the debt limit; and (4) any proposal of the President to reduce the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, based on current trends, with the exclusion of extreme events (i.e. military, economic, and natural catastrophes); and
- a detailed report on the progress of implementing all such proposals.
Declares that this report shall only be delivered if a Secretary has already appeared at least once during any term of office for a particular President.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2013 to Jul 8, 2014, with 28 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Nov 21, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1788)
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.