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HR 4027 113th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Constitution and constitutional amendments Legislative rules and procedure

To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.

Introduced: February 10, 2014 Introduced by: Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increases the public debt limit to $19.250 trillion.

Requires the House of Representatives and the Senate each to vote upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution entitled "Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States" or entitled "Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restrict the power of Congress to enact legislation increasing any amount spent under entitlement programs or creating new entitlement programs."

States that if such vote fails to achieve a two-thirds majority in either house of Congress then there shall be another vote in that house on either such amendment within 90 days.

What's happening now February 10, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4027: To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4027/
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"H.R. 4027: To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4027/.
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H.R. 4027, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4027/.
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[H.R. 4027: To increase the statutory limit on the public debt and to require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the Federal budget and to restrict new entitlement spending.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4027/)
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