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S 1846 115th Congress Senate

End the Threat of Default Act

Official title: A bill to repeal the debt ceiling.

Introduced: September 19, 2017 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 19, 2017
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 Latest action September 19, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End the Threat of Default Act

This bill repeals the public debt limit, which applies to most debt held by the federal government.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3693 Related bill To repeal the debt ceiling.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Sep 19, 2017
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 19, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1846: End the Threat of Default Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1846/
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"S. 1846: End the Threat of Default Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1846/.
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