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HR 4295 99th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Blue collar workers Budget deficits Civil service compensation Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Federal employees Federal employees and officials Government spending reductions Wages

A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from reduction under sequestration orders issued under this part the pay of Federal blue-collar…

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A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from reduction under sequestration orders issued under this part the pay of Federal blue-collar employees.

Introduced: March 4, 1986 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.
Mar 10, 1986
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Mar 4, 1986
Introduced in House
Mar 4, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mar 4, 1986
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the pay adjustments of employees under the Federal prevailing rate pay system (blue collar employees) from the President's sequestration order.

What's happening now March 11, 1986

Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 16, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4295: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from reduction under sequestration orders issued under this part the pay of Federal blue-collar employees.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4295/
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"H.R. 4295: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from reduction under sequestration orders issued under this part the pay of Federal blue-collar employees.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4295/.
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H.R. 4295, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4295/.
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[H.R. 4295: A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt from reduction under sequestration orders issued under this part the pay of Federal blue-collar employees.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-4295/)
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