,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1
 and ,mr4 ,courtney7 submitted the      
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,rules            
,,resolution  ,amending the ,rules of   
the ,house of ,representatives to       
reinstate the ,gephardt rule4  ,that the
 ,rules of the ,house of                
,representatives is amending by adding  
at the end the following new rule3      
,rule ,,xxx ,statutory limit on public  
debt  #a4 ,upon adoption by ,congress of
 a concurrent resolution on the budget  
under section #cja or #cjd of the       
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd    
that sets forth1 as the appropriate     
level of the public debt for the period 
to which the concurrent resolution      
relates1 an amount that is different    
from the amount of the statutory limit  
on the public debt that otherwise would 
be in effect for that period1 the ,clerk

 shall prepare an engrossment of a joint
 resolution increasing or decreasing1 as
 the case may be1 the statutory limit on
 the public debt in the form prescribed 
in clause #b4 ,upon engrossment of the  
joint resolution1 the vote by which the 
concurrent resolution on the budget was 
finally agreed to in the ,house shall   
also be considered as a vote on passage 
of the joint resolution in the ,house1  
and the joint resolution shall be       
considered as passed by the ,house and  
duly certified and examined4 ,the       
engrossed copy shall be signed by the   
,clerk and transmitted to the ,senate   
for further legislative action4  #b4    
,the matter after the resolving clause  
in a joint resolution described in      
clause #a shall be as follows3 ,that    
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 in lieu thereof 41 with the   
blank being filled with a dollar        

limitation equal to the appropriate     
level of the public debt set forth      
pursuant to section #cja7;a77#e7 of the 
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd in 
the relevant concurrent resolution      
described in clause #a4 ,if an adopted  
concurrent resolution under clause #a   
sets forth different appropriate levels 
of the public debt for separate periods1
 only one engrossed joint resolution    
shall be prepared under clause #a2 and  
the blank referred to in the preceding  
sentence shall be filled with the       
limitation that is to apply for each    
period4  #c4 7a7 ,the report of the     
,committee on the ,budget on a          
concurrent resolution described in      
clause #a and the joint explanatory     
statement of the managers on a          
conference report to accompany such a   
concurrent resolution each shall contain
 a clear statement of the effect the    
eventual enactment of a joint resolution
 engrossed under this rule would have on
 the statutory limit on the public debt4

  7b7 ,it shall not be in order for the 
,house to consider a concurrent         
resolution described in clause #a1 or a 
conference report thereon1 unless the   
report of the ,committee on the ,budget 
or the joint explanatory statement of   
the managers complies with paragraph    
7a74  #d4 ,nothing in this rule shall be
 construed as limiting or otherwise     
affecting--  7a7 the power of the ,house
 or the ,senate to consider and pass    
bills or joint resolutions1 without     
regard to the procedures under clause   
#a1 that would change the statutory     
limit on the public debt2 or  7b7 the   
rights of ,members1 ,delegates1 the     
,resident ,commissioner1 or committees  
with respect to the introduction1       
consideration1 and reporting of such    
bills or joint resolutions4  #e4 ,in    
this rule the term statutory limit on   
the public debt means the maximum face  
amount of obligations issued under      
authority of chapter #ca of title #ca1  
,united ,states ,code1 and obligations  

guaranteed as to principal and interest 
by the ,united ,states 7except such     
guaranteed obligations as may be held by
 the ,secretary of the ,treasury71 as   
determined under section #caja7;b7 of   
such title after the application of     
section #caja7;a7 of such title1 that   
may be outstanding at any one time4  4