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HR 878 96th Congress Congress

A bill to provide that pay adjustments for Members of Congress may take effect no earlier than the beginning of the Congress next following the Congress in which they are approved.

Introduced: January 15, 1979 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 878: A bill to provide that pay adjustments for Members of Congress may take effect no earlier than the beginning of the Congress next following the Congress in which they are approved.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-878/
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"H.R. 878: A bill to provide that pay adjustments for Members of Congress may take effect no earlier than the beginning of the Congress next following the Congress in which they are approved.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-878/.
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H.R. 878, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-878/.
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[H.R. 878: A bill to provide that pay adjustments for Members of Congress may take effect no earlier than the beginning of the Congress next following the Congress in which they are approved.](https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-878/)
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