HR 632
105th Congress
House
Congress
Balanced budgets
Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Labor and Employment
Balance the Budget First Act of 1997
Introduced: February 6, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 13, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 6, 1997
Referred to House Oversight
Feb 6, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Balance the Budget First Act of 1997 - Repeals provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 which provided automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that pay of Members of Congress should not be increased until the Federal budget has been balanced.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Committees of jurisdiction
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