HRES 11
113th Congress
House
Congress
Budget deficits and national debt
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule".
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 3, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jan 3, 2013
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Adds Rule XXX (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) to the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule," repealed by H.Res. 5 (adopting the Rules of the House for the 112th Congress).
(The Gephardt rule: (1) provided for an automatic engrossment and transmittal to the Senate of a joint resolution changing the public debt limit, upon the adoption of a congressional concurrent budget resolution; and (2) avoided a separate vote in the House on public debt-limit legislation.)
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Committees of jurisdiction
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