United States · Bill · S
S. 163 (112th)
Full Faith and Credit Act
Introduced
25 January 2011
Last action
26 January 2011 · Calendars
Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
Sponsors
Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Full Faith and Credit Act - Requires the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay the principal and interest on debt held by the public to take priority over all other obligations incurred by the government in the event the federal debt reaches the statutory limit.
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Timeline
25 January 2011
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
25 January 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
26 January 2011
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
Source: Calendars
Votes
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Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 26 January 2011 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 26 January 2011
Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
Related records
- related to → To require that the Government give priority to payment of all obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached.
- related to → Full Faith and Credit Act
- related to ← A bill to require that the Government give priority to payment of all obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of social security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/163
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/163
- us · 112-s-163 · source updated 5 December 2025