S 163
Calendar No. 2
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 163
To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on
the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011
Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. LEE, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. BARRASSO,
Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ENZI, Mr. VITTER, Mr. INHOFE,
Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. COBURN, Mr. CHAMBLISS,
and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read the first
time
January 26, 2011
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on
the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Full Faith and Credit Act'.
SEC. 2. PRIORITIZE OBLIGATIONS ON THE DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.
In the event that the debt of the United States Government, as defined
in section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, reaches the statutory
limit, the authority of the Department of the Treasury provided in section
3123 of title 31, United States Code, to pay with legal tender the principal
and interest on debt held by the public shall take priority over all
other obligations incurred by the Government of the United States.
Calendar No. 2
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 163
A BILL
To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt
held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.
January 26, 2011
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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