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HR 566 111th Congress House Congress Budget deficits and national debt Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress

To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States.

Introduced: January 15, 2009 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Jan 15, 2009
Referred to House Administration
Jan 15, 2009
Introduced in House
Jan 15, 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.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 that the federal aggregate outlays during the last completed fiscal year exceeded the federal aggregate receipts during such fiscal year.

What's happening now January 15, 2009

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

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