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HR 2279 105th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Cost control Costs Defense contracts Executive compensation Finance and Financial Sector Fringe benefits Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Labor and Employment

To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish limitations on taxpayer-financed compensation for defense contractors.

Introduced: July 28, 1997 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Aug 28, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jul 28, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
Jul 28, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the head of a defense agency from obligating funds to pay a defense contractor for a single individual's compensation costs to the extent that the total compensation paid in a fiscal year to such individual exceeds $250,000.

What's happening now August 28, 1997

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 28, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2279: To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish limitations on taxpayer-financed compensation for defense contractors.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2279/
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H.R. 2279, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2279/.
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