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HR 4807 97th Congress House

A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in…

Official title: A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.

Introduced: February 10, 1982 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 97th Congress ended
It never became law before the 97th Congress (1981–1982) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 1982
Motion to Discharge Committee Filed by Lee. Discharge Petition No: 11.
Oct 21, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Oct 21, 1981
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 25, 1982

Motion to Discharge Committee Filed by Lee. Discharge Petition No: 11.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5685 Identical bill A bill to change the effective date for compensation for Members of Congress.
 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 10, 1982
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Feb 10, 1982
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Dec 9, 1981
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 9, 1981
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4807: A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-4807/
MLA
"H.R. 4807: A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-4807/.
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H.R. 4807, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-4807/.
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