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H.R. 391 113th Congress House

Savings Start With Us Act of 2013

Official title: To provide for a 10 percent reduction in pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President.

Introduced: January 23, 2013 See on congress.gov
Congress Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of CongressPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Jan 23, 2013
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 Latest action January 23, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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

Savings Start With Us Act of 2013 - Reduces the annual rate of pay in 2015 for Members of Congress and the Vice President by 10% of the 2013 pay rate. Maintains the pay rate for subsequent pay periods at the 2015 rate.

Reduces the annual rate of pay of the President from $400,000 to $360,000.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 396 Congressional Pay Adjustment Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jan 23, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 391: Savings Start With Us Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-391/
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