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TRIM Growth Act

Introduced: June 9, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jul 13, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reduction of Irresponsible MRA Growth Act or the TRIM Growth Act - Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the Members' Representational Allowance for a fiscal year from exceeding the Allowance established for the previous fiscal year, unless: (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a national unemployment rate of 6% or lower for each of the six most recent months for which it published a national unemployment rate which occurred before the beginning of the fiscal year; or (2) the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the congressional appropriations committees that the public debt does not exceed $5.5 trillion as of the first day of the last month of the previous fiscal year.

What's happening now July 13, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 3
HILL, BARON
· Jun 9, 2010
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · May 6, 2010
BONO MACK, MARY
· Mar 20, 2010
Markey, Betsy
· Jan 26, 2010
Perriello, Thomas
· Jul 28, 2009
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jul 13, 2009
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jul 13, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3189: TRIM Growth Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3189/
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"H.R. 3189: TRIM Growth Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3189/.
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H.R. 3189, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3189/.
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