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HR 2665 115th Congress House Congress Budget deficits and national debt Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress

Accountability for Congressional Pay Act

Introduced: May 25, 2017 Introduced by: Bacon, Don Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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May 25, 2017
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.
May 25, 2017
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Accountability for Congressional Pay Act

This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the pay of Members of Congress for any year following a fiscal year in which the Office of Management and Budget determined that there was a federal budget deficit.

During the next calendar year that begins after a fiscal year in which there was a budget deficit: (1) congressional salaries must be reduced by the percentage by which outlays exceeded revenues for that fiscal year, except that the reduction may not exceed 15%; and (2) a cost-of-living adjustment is prohibited.

What's happening now May 25, 2017

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.

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Bergman, Jack
Michigan · May 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2665: Accountability for Congressional Pay Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2665/
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"H.R. 2665: Accountability for Congressional Pay Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2665/.
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H.R. 2665, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2665/.
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