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H.R. 402 · 119th CongressEconomics and Public Finance

DEBT Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 14, 2025, with no cosponsors

Sponsored by Schweikert, David R-AZ · no cosponsors
IntroducedJan 14, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 159 words.

Debt Explanation Before Taxwriters Act or the DEBT Act This bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee before the federal debt limit is reached or extraordinary measures are taken to prevent the United States from defaulting on its obligations. The term extraordinary measures generally refers to a series of actions that the Department of the Treasury may implement to allow the United States to borrow additional funds without exceeding the debt limit. The measures generally include suspensions or delays of debt sales and suspensions or redemptions of investments in certain government funds. The bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before the committees to provide a detailed explanation of (1) the extraordinary measures that Treasury will take and the administrative costs of taking the measures, and (2) any reversal of such measures and any other changes in the funding of federal government obligations.

Context
Committees
House Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance: 71 of 1,188 bills became law, 113th–118th (6%)
Sponsor
2 of 138 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in house · 445 words
Subjects
Budget deficits and national debtCongressional oversightCongressional-executive branch relationsDepartment of the TreasuryHouse Committee on Ways and MeansSenate Committee on Finance
Latest action
Jan 14, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]