Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to provide that any measure that increases the statutory limit on the public debt shall be stand alone and require a recorded vote.

Amends Rule XXVIII (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider legislation changing the statutory limit on the public debt unless it is entitled "Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt."

Prohibits such legislation from: (1) containing any provisions other than that changing the statutory limit on the public debt; and (2) being considered as passed unless so determined by a recorded vote.

(Repeals the "Gephardt Rule" providing for mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution.)

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H. Res. 272 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 272

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule 
 XXVIII, popularly known as the ``Gephardt rule'', and to provide that 
any measure that increases the statutory limit on the public debt shall 
              be stand alone and require a recorded vote.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2009

 Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Fortenberry, 
 Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Kingston, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Marchant, Mr. 
    McClintock, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Pence, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
Scalise, Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. Wamp) submitted the following resolution; 
              which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule 
 XXVIII, popularly known as the ``Gephardt rule'', and to provide that 
any measure that increases the statutory limit on the public debt shall 
              be stand alone and require a recorded vote.

    Resolved, That rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows:

                             ``RULE XXVIII

                    ``Statutory Limit on Public Debt

    ``1. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution, 
or conference report carrying a change in the statutory limit on the 
public debt unless it is entitled `Increasing the statutory limit on 
the public debt'. A bill, joint resolution, or conference report so 
entitled may not contain any provisions other than that changing the 
statutory limit on the public debt.
    ``2. A bill, joint resolution, or conference report carrying a 
change in the statutory limit on the public debt may not be considered 
as passed unless so determined by a recorded vote.''.
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