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H.R. 4681 111th Congress House

Congressional Accountability Pay Act

Official title: To provide for rates of pay for Members of Congress to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending.

Introduced: February 24, 2010 See on congress.gov
Congress Budget deficits and national debtGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of Congress
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 24, 2010
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.
Feb 24, 2010
Referred to House Administration
Feb 24, 2010
Introduced in House
Feb 24, 2010
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
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 Latest action February 24, 2010

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Accountability Pay Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to revise the method of adjusting the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress.

Requires a decrease in the rate of pay for each Member by a specified percentage if outlays for any fiscal year are greater than outlays for the preceding fiscal year.

Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to require that recommendations by the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation conform with this Act, except those for the salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, judges of U.S. district courts, and judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • 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…
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4681: Congressional Accountability Pay Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4681/
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