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H.R. 5327 96th Congress House

Congressional Pay Raise Deferral Act

Official title: A bill to provide that any increase in the rate of pay for Members of Congress proposed during any Congress shall not take effect earlier than the beginning of the next Congress.

Introduced: September 18, 1979 See on congress.gov
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Sep 18, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Sep 18, 1979
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 18, 1979

Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Pay Raise Deferral Act - Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that any adjustment in the rate of pay for Members of Congress proposed during any Congress shall not take effect earlier than the beginning of the next Congress. States that any such pay adjustment proposed in an even-numbered year of any Congress after the congressional elections and before the beginning of the following Congress, shall be considered as occurring during the first session of the following Congress for the purposes of this Act.

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  • HR 1343 Identical bill Congressional Pay Raise Deferral Act
 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 18, 1979
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Sep 18, 1979
KILDEE, DALE
· Sep 18, 1979
LUNGREN, DANIEL
· Sep 18, 1979
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 18, 1979
PETRI, TOM
· Sep 18, 1979
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