Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act
Latest action · Jan 22, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 22, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act - Requires the following to take equal priority over all other federally incurred obligations in the event that the public debt reaches the statutory limit: (1) the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public; (2) the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act; and (3) the payment of pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces on active duty.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, if the Secretary determines that incoming revenue will not be sufficient to finance the priorities described in this Act over the following two weeks, to: (1) notify Congress of the expected revenue shortfall, and (2) raise the debt limit by the amount necessary to cover the difference between incoming revenue and the revenue needed to finance such priorities on a two-week basis.
Prohibits such a debt limit increase from exceeding the difference between expected outlays for the listed priorities and expected revenue. Places in reserve and applies to the following two-week period any amount of incoming revenue in excess of the amount projected by the Secretary as necessary to finance such priorities.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2013 to Feb 7, 2013, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Jan 22, 2013 |
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- Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
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- Jan 22, 2013Introduced in Senate
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