S.43: Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about economics and public finance
  • Introduced Jan. 22, 2013
  • Latest Major Action Jan. 22, 2013

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Bill Summary

Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in the event of a near breach of the current $14.294 trillion public debt limit, to issue a debt limit warning to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means that includes a determination as to when extraordinary measures may be necessary in order to prolong the funding of the federal government in the absence of a debt limit...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Jan. 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Jan. 22, 2013

Introduced in the Senate by Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

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