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S 3244 111th Congress Senate Congress Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices Members of Congress

A bill to provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.

Introduced: April 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2010
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Apr 22, 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.
Apr 22, 2010
Referred to House Administration
Apr 22, 2010
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 22, 2010
Received in the House.
Apr 22, 2010
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2544; text as passed Senate: CR S2544)
Apr 22, 2010
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2544; text as passed Senate: CR S2544)
Apr 22, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress during FY2011.

What's happening now April 22, 2010

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

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 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Apr 27, 2010
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Apr 22, 2010
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 22, 2010
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 22, 2010
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 22, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3244: A bill to provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3244/
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