United States · Law · HJRES
H.J.Res. 308 (98th)
A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.
Introduced
27 June 1983
Last action
21 November 1983 · President
Status
Became Public Law No: 98-161.
Sponsors
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Subjects
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Source updated
25 September 2021
Summary
Amends the Second Liberty Bond Act to increase the temporary public debt limit to $1,389,000,000,000, or $1,614,600,000,000 on and after October 1, 1983.
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Timeline
27 June 1983
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
27 June 1983
Passed
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
27 June 1983
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
27 June 1983
Floor
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
27 June 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 June 1983
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 October 1983
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 491.
Source: Calendars
25 October 1983
Reported
Committee on Finance. Reported to Senate by Senator Dole without amendment. With written report No. 98-279. Additional views filed.
Source: Committee
25 October 1983
Reported
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
26 October 1983
Floor
Mr. Baker filed in writing his intention to move to suspend paragraph 4 of Rule 17 and paragraph 5 of Rule 17, and that part of Rule 8, paragraph 2, containing the words "during the first two hours of a new legislative day", as well as the last sentence of paragraph 2, for the purpose of moving to consider the joint resolution.
Source: Floor
27 October 1983
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
28 October 1983
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
29 October 1983
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
31 October 1983
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
31 October 1983
Vote
Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 39-56. Record Vote No: 330.
Source: Floor
16 November 1983
Passed
Motion to proceed to the consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was rejected agreed to in the Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
17 November 1983
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Pickle, Conable, Duncan.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1983
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1983
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments.
Source: NotUsed
17 November 1983
Vote
Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-40. Record Vote No: 370.
Source: Floor
17 November 1983
Vote
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-40. Record Vote No: 370.
Source: Floor
17 November 1983
Passed
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1983
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 98-566 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1983
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 98-566 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1983
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Dole; Packwood; Roth; Long; Matsunaga.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
17 November 1983
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 November 1983
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
18 November 1983
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
18 November 1983
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
18 November 1983
Vote
House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 214 - 186 (Record Vote No: 533).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
18 November 1983
Vote
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 214 - 186 (Record Vote No: 533).
Source: ResolvingDifferences
21 November 1983
Became law
Became Public Law No: 98-161.
Source: President
21 November 1983
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
21 November 1983
President
Signed by President.
Source: President
Votes
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Documents
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Public Law (PDF)
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Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 22 November 1983
Conference report filed in House
summary · EN · 17 November 1983
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 27 June 1983
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-joint-resolution/308
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/hjres/308
- us · 98-hjres-308 · source updated 25 September 2021