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H.R. 1137 114th Congress House

PAID for Progress Act

Official title: To provide for an 8.7 percent reduction in the annual rate of basic pay for certain employees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 13, 2015 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Economic performance and conditionsGovernment 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.
Feb 26, 2015
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 Latest action February 26, 2015

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

Promoting Accountability in Decisions for Progress Act or the PAID for Progress Act

Reduces by 8.7% the rate of basic pay for the President, Members of Congress, and any federal employee occupying a position within the federal government or a covered enterprise (defined as the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any federally-chartered affiliate thereof) for which the annual rate of basic pay exceeds $100,000.

Requires such basic pay rates to be adjusted by the rate of the percent change in real median household income of the United States as published by the Bureau of the Census.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1137: PAID for Progress Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1137/
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"H.R. 1137: PAID for Progress Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1137/.
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H.R. 1137, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1137/.
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