US Congress House Bill 4262 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 85-0)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-10 - Referred to House Budget
Pending: House Budget Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Control America's Purse-strings to Deliver a Better Tomorrow Act or the CAP the DEBT Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives and in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report increasing the statutory limit on the public debt if there is any other matter in such measure. Requires a two-thirds recorded vote of Members in the House and a roll call vote of at least two-thirds of the Members of the Senate before legislation increasing the statutory limit on the public debt may be considered as passed or agreed to in either chamber. Permits a successful appeal from the ruling of the Chair in the Senate on such prohibition, but only by an affirmative roll call vote of two-thirds of its Members. Repeals Rule XXVIII (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) of the Rules of the House, and known as the "Gephardt Rule," providing for mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution.

CAP the DEBT Act

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Connie Mack [R-FL]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]
Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-10		Referred to House Budget
2009-12-10		Referred to House Rules
2009-12-10		Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HR1071 (Related) 2010-02-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4262/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4262/BILLS-111hr4262ih.pdf