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S. 1341 112th Congress Senate

A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly…

Official title: A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unles… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

Introduced: July 13, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 21, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4765-4767)
Jul 11, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jul 11, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 21, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4765-4767)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes it out of order in the Senate to proceed to any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been available on a public website for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
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Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Jul 13, 2011
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Jul 13, 2011
DeMint, James
· Jul 12, 2011
Toomey, Patrick
· Jul 12, 2011
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Jul 11, 2011
Vitter, David
· Jul 11, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1341: A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1341/
MLA
"S. 1341: A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1341/.
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S. 1341, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1341/.
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[S. 1341: A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1341/)
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