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H.R. 201 111th Congress House

Deficit Accountability Act of 2009

Official title: To provide that no automatic pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in the year following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit.

Introduced: January 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
Congress Budget deficits and national debtGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementInflation and pricesMembers of Congress
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Administration
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
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 Latest action January 6, 2009

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deficit Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determines there was a deficit in the preceding fiscal year.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 4255 Stop the Automatic Pay Raise for Members of Congress in Fiscal Year 2011 Act
  • HR 4336 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
  • HR 4423 Congressional Pay Raise Elimination Act of 2010
  • HR 4761 Congressional Belt-Tightening Act of 2010
  • HR 5146 To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.
  • S 3158 A bill to require Congress to lead by example and freeze its own pay and fully offset the cost of the extension of unem…
  • S 3198 A bill to provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 201: Deficit Accountability Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-201/
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"H.R. 201: Deficit Accountability Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-201/.
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H.R. 201, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-201/.
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