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HR 4512 115th Congress House

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2017

Official title: To provide that the rates of pay for Members of Congress shall be reduced following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit.

Introduced: December 1, 2017 See on congress.gov
Congress Budget deficits and national debtGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of Congress
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Dec 1, 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.
Dec 1, 2017
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 Latest action December 1, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2017

This bill requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be reduced in any year that follows a year in which there was a federal budget deficit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4476 Reintroduction of Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4512: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4512/
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"H.R. 4512: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4512/.
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H.R. 4512, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4512/.
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