Bill increasing US public debt limit [POTUS]

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Bill increasing US public debt limit [POTUS]

November 19, 2004 10:13:00 pm

S 2986, signed into law by President Bush November 19, 2004 [to increase the public debt limit of the United States by $800 billion]. Read the full text here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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