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A bill to reduce the pay of Members of Congress corresponding to the percentage reduction of the pay of Federal employees who are furloughed or otherwise have a reduction of pay resulting from a…

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A bill to reduce the pay of Members of Congress corresponding to the percentage reduction of the pay of Federal employees who are furloughed or otherwise have a reduction of pay resulting from a sequestration order.

Introduced: September 13, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 1990
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Sep 13, 1990
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reduces the pay of Members of Congress to correspond to the percentage reduction in pay of any Federal employee for each month during FY 1991 resulting from a furlough or other employment action necessitated by a sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine the percentage for computation of such reduced pay.

What's happening now September 13, 1990

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 25, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3051: A bill to reduce the pay of Members of Congress corresponding to the percentage reduction of the pay of Federal employees who are furloughed or otherwise have a reduction of pay resulting from a sequestration order.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-3051/
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"S. 3051: A bill to reduce the pay of Members of Congress corresponding to the percentage reduction of the pay of Federal employees who are furloughed or otherwise have a reduction of pay resulting from a sequestration order.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-3051/.
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S. 3051, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-3051/.
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