US Congress House Bill 2402 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 70-0)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-06-24 - 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 2011 - 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 2011

Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]
Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Ann Buerkle [R-NY]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Cliff Stearns [R-FL]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HB1908 (Related) 2011-05-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
HB2496 (Related) 2011-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB2605 (Related) 2011-07-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB1365 (Related) 2011-07-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2402/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2402/BILLS-112hr2402ih.pdf