HR 3579 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Debt Management Act of 2013

Fact sheet

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 21, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILAaron SchockOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TXBill FloresOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.OriginalNov 21, 2013
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-WADavid G. ReichertOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-CADevin NunesOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TNDiane BlackOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-OHJames B. RenacciOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TXJohn R. CarterOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TXK. Michael ConawayOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TXKay GrangerOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalNov 21, 2013
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalNov 21, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 4, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1788)
  2. Nov 21, 2013Introduced in House
  3. 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.

  1. Nov 21, 2013Introduced in House

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