US Congress House Bill 149 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 44-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prioritize Spending Act of 2013 - Requires amounts necessary for incurred federal obligations, in the event that the public debt reaches the statutory limit, to be made available to certain obligations, in prioritized order, before all other obligations. Prioritizes such obligations in the following descending order: (1) amounts necessary to carry out the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on public debt; (2) amounts determined by the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (and the Secretary of Homeland Security [DHS] in the case of the Coast Guard) to be necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances (without interruption) to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including their reserve components, who perform active service; (3) amounts certified to Congress by the President as necessary to carry out vital national security priorities; (4) amounts necessary to carry out the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly old-age, survivors', and disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA); and (5) amounts necessary to make payments under the Medicare program under SSA title XVIII.

Prioritize Spending Act of 2013

Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]
Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HB1231 (Related) 2013-03-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/149/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr149/BILLS-113hr149ih.pdf