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S 869 111th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts, deposits, capital Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Financial crises and stabilization Government trust funds Interest, dividends, interest rates

Debt Reduction Priority Act

Introduced: April 22, 2009 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 22, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Debt Reduction Priority Act - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit in the Public Debt Reduction Payment Account (established by this Act) amounts received for repayment of financial assistance or payment of interest on the receipt of such assistance by an entity under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) or any program enacted by the Secretary under the authorities granted under such Act, including the Capital Purchase Program.

Requires the Secretary to use amounts in the Account to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the government held by the public and included in the public debt.

Reduces the public debt limit by the aggregate of amounts deposited into the Account.

Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Account from consideration as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Requires outlays and receipts of the Account to be excluded from any official statement of budget surplus or deficit totals issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), or any other federal agency or instrumentality.

What's happening now April 22, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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