Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Debt Management Act of 2014”.
Federal Debt Management Act of 2014
A BILL
To appropriately manage the debt of the United States by limiting the use of extraordinary measures.
Sec. 2 Debt management
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund— Section 8348 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
by striking subsections (j) and (k); and
in subsection (l)—
by striking “(l)(1) The Secretary” and all that follows through “(2) Whenever” and inserting “(j) Whenever”; and
by striking “public debt limit” and inserting “limitation imposed by section 3101(b) of title 31”.
by striking subsection (g); and
in subsection (h)—
by striking “(h)(1) The Secretary” and all that follows through “(2) Whenever” and inserting “(g) Whenever”; and
by striking “public debt limit” and inserting “limitation imposed by section 3101(b) of title 31”.
in the first sentence, by striking “, and for investing in obligations of the United States Government those amounts in the fund the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, decides are not required at the time to carry out this section”; and
by inserting before the second sentence the following: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest in obligations of the United States Government any amounts in the stabilization fund that the Secretary, with the approval of the President, decides are not required at the time to carry out this section.”.
Prohibition— The Secretary of the Treasury may not suspend the investing of amounts or the issuance of obligations for any fund or account for purposes of preventing the public debt of the United States from exceeding the limitation imposed by section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code.
Savings provisions—
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund— Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (j) and subsection (l)(1) of section 8348 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall apply to any debt issuance suspension period (as defined under section 8348(j)(5) of such title) that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
Thrift Savings Fund— Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (b), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (g) and subsection (h)(1) of section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall apply to any debt issuance suspension period (as defined under section 8438(g)(6) of such title) that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3 Information regarding Daily Treasury Statements
Not later than 24 hours after publishing a Daily Treasury Statement, or any successor thereto, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that—
provides all cash flow and debt transaction information used in preparing the Daily Treasury Statement; and
includes forecasts for the cash flow and debt transactions of the Federal Government.