Debt Management Act of 2013
Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before certain committees of the Congress before the United States reaches the debt limit and defaults on Government obligations.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1788)
Debt Management Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, within 21 to 60 days before any date on which the Secretary anticipates the public debt will reach the current debt limit, to appear before specified congressional committees to provide specified information. (The debt limit was $16.699 trillion before its suspension in the Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2014 [P.L. 113-46].)
Requires the Secretary to include in such appearance:
- a report on the state of the public debt, including (1) its historical trajectory, major drivers of the current debt and their quantities, and debt projections; and (2) how, if the debt limit is raised, the United States will meet existing debt obligations, including principal and interest;
- a detailed explanation of: (1) any proposal of the President to reduce the structural deficit in the short-term (the following fiscal year), medium-term (approximately 3-5 years), and long-term (approximately 10 years); (2) the impact an increased debt limit will have on future federal spending, service provision, and the status of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency; (3) projections of fiscal health and resilience to long-term entitlement program pressures (including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid), given the proposed measures to reduce the structural deficit and the amount of increase in the debt limit; and (4) any proposal of the President to reduce the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, based on current trends, with the exclusion of extreme events (i.e. military, economic, and natural catastrophes); and
- a detailed report on the progress of implementing all such proposals.
Declares that this report shall only be delivered if a Secretary has already appeared at least once during any term of office for a particular President.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3579: Debt Management Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3579/
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