,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bahe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjae    
,mr4 ,sanford 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,de,santis1 ,mr4         
,mulvaney1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,labrador1 
and ,mr4 ,meadows7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,secretary of  
the ,treasury from using extraordinary  
measures to prevent the ,government from
 reaching the statutory debt limit1 or  
using extraordinary measures once such  
limit has been reached1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,debt ,limit        
,control and ,accountability ,act of    
#bjae4  #b4 ,prohibition on use of      
extraordinary measures  7a7 ,in general 
,the ,secretary of the ,treasury may not
 use extraordinary measures--  7#a7 to  
prevent the ,united ,states from        
reaching the statutory debt limit under 
section #caja of title #ca1 ,united     

,states ,code2 or  7#b7 once such debt  
limit has been reached4  7b7            
,extraordinary measures defined ,for    
purposes of this section1 the term      
extraordinary measures means--  7#a7    
suspending the investments of the       
,thrift ,savings ,plan ,g ,fund2  7#b7  
suspending the investments of the       
,exchange ,stabilization ,fund2  7#c7   
suspending the issuance of new          
securities to the ,civil ,service       
,retirement and ,disability ,fund and   
,postal ,service ,retiree ,health       
,benefits ,fund2  7#d7 redeeming early  
securities held by the ,civil ,service  
,retirement and ,disability ,fund and   
the ,postal ,service ,retiree ,health   
,benefits ,fund2  7#e7 suspending the   
issuance of new ,state and ,local       
,government ,series securities and      
savings bonds2  7#f7 replacing ,treasury
 securities subject to the debt limit   
with debt issued by the ,federal        
,financing ,bank2 or  7#g7 any other    
extraordinary actions taken by the      

,secretary to avoid defaulting on the   
obligations of the ,united ,states4  #c4
 ,repeal of ,presidential modification  
of the debt ceiling ,chapter #ca of     
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by repealing section     
#caja;,a2 and  7#b7 in the table of     
contents for such chapter1 by striking  
the item relating to section #caja;,a4  
#d4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that the statutory debt   
limit under section #caja of title #ca1 
,united ,states ,code1 should not be    
suspended4