,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #eg  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,august #a1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,neugebauer introduced the   
following joint resolution2 which was   
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states to 
require a two-thirds vote of each ,house
 of ,congress to increase the statutory 
limit on the public debt4  ,that the    
following article is proposed as an     
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states1 which shall be valid to
 all intents and purposes as part of the
 ,constitution when ratified by the     
legislatures of three-fourths of the    
several ,states within seven years after
 the date of its submission for         
ratification3   --  #a4 ,congress shall1
 by law1 establish a statutory limit on 
the public debt4 ,if such a limit is in 
effect upon the date of adoption of this
 article1 that limit shall be the limit 

for purposes of this section4  #b4 ,the 
statutory limit on the public debt may  
only be increased by the passage of     
legislation upon the affirmative vote of
 two-thirds of the ,members of each     
,house1 a quorum being present4  4