,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,crawford introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to increase the statutory limit
 on the public debt only upon the       
certification by the ,president of the  
submission to the ,states for their     
ratification of the proposed amendment  
to the ,constitution of the ,united     
,states to balance the ,federal ,budget 
or limit ,federal spending4  #a4 ,public
 debt limit extension ,subsection 7b7 of
 section #caja of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
out the dollar limitation contained in  
such subsection and inserting           
#af1iid1jjj1jjj1jjj upon the            
certification by the ,president of the  
submission to the ,states for their     
ratification of the proposed amendment  
to the ,constitution of the ,united     
,states described in section #b4  #b4   

,effective date ,the amendment made by  
section #a shall not take effect unless 
and until the date upon which the       
,president certifies the ,archivist of  
the ,united ,states has submitted to the
 ,states for their ratification a       
proposed amendment to the ,constitution 
of the ,united ,states pursuant to a    
joint resolution entitled ,joint        
resolution proposing a balanced budget  
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states1 ,joint resolution      
proposing a spending limit amendment to 
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 or ,joint resolution proposing 
an amendment to the ,constitution of the
 ,united ,states to restrict the power  
of ,congress to enact legislation       
increasing any amount spent under       
entitlement programs or creating new    
entitlement programs4