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HR 6438 112th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012

Introduced: September 19, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Sep 19, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sep 19, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require that, if any sequestration under it takes effect for FY2013, the presidential order implementing the sequestration reduce the pay of the President, the Vice President, and Members of Congress by a percentage equal to the greater of 8.2% or the percentage by which accounts within the non-exempt, non-security category are reduced under the order.

What's happening now September 19, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Sep 28, 2012
Coffman, Mike
· Sep 21, 2012
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 21, 2012
PLATTS, TODD
· Sep 21, 2012
BIGGERT, JUDY
· Sep 20, 2012
BILBRAY, BRIAN
· Sep 20, 2012
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Sep 20, 2012
MYRICK, SUE
· Sep 20, 2012
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Sep 20, 2012
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Sep 19, 2012
Duffy, Sean
· Sep 19, 2012
Gerlach, Jim
· Sep 19, 2012
Renacci, James
· Sep 19, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6438: Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6438/
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"H.R. 6438: Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6438/.
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