A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

Makes it out of order in the Senate to proceed to any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been available on a public website for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1341 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1341

 To provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that 
  would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 
 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 
     calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 11, 2011

    Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Lee) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that 
  would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 
 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 
     calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DEBT MEASURES.

    It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed to any measure 
that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above 
$14.294 trillion unless that measure has been available on a public 
website for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of 
the Senate.
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