H.R. 1954: To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
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H.R. 1954: To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-24 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 379 (2011): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1954 (2011-05-31), Failed. See all
- Where it stands now: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Plain summary
Increases the statutory limit on the public debt from $14.294 trillion to $16.7 trillion.
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Official text
To implement the President's request to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · 0 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 379 (2011): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR1954 (2011-05-31): Failed
Words on this page, explained (1)
- Statute
- A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1954.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1954 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112