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HCONRES 56 112th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed…

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Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.

Introduced: May 26, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jun 20, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 56: Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-56/
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"H. Con. Res. 56: Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-56/.
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H. Con. Res. 56, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-56/.
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[H. Con. Res. 56: Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HCONRES-56/)
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