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95 STAT. 4

PUBLIC LAW 97-2—FEB. 7, 1981 Public Law 97-2 97th Congress An Act

' — [H.R. 1553]

To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit. •

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Public debt limit, United States of America in Congress assembled, That, during the ino-ease^^ period beginnii^ on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 31 USC 757b ^^ September 30, 1981, the public debt limit set fort;h in the first note. sentence of section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act (31 U.S.C. 757b) shall be temporarily increased by $585,000,000,000 (and any other provision of law providing for a temporary increase in such limit shall not apply). Approved February 7, 1981.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1553 (S. 393): HOUSE REPORT No. 97-1 (Comm. on Ways and Means). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): Feb. 5, considered and passed House. Feb. 5, 6, considered and passed Senate.