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HR 4807 97th Congress House Congress Congress and Congressmen Congressional salaries and pensions Members of Congress

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: October 21, 1981 See on congress.gov
 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
 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.

What's happening now March 25, 1982

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

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