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A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the compensation of Members of Congress for any fiscal year in which outlays for non-defense programs are required to be reduced…

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A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the compensation of Members of Congress for any fiscal year in which outlays for non-defense programs are required to be reduced under an order issued by the President for such fiscal year pursuant to section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act of 1985 by the uniform percentage by which outlays for such programs are required to be reduced under such order.

Introduced: February 19, 1986 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Feb 19, 1986
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Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to require that the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress be reduced by 4.3 percent for FY 1986. Requires, during any other fiscal year, that such pay be reduced by the percentage of reduction in outlays for non-defense programs required by the President's sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

What's happening now February 19, 1986

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 21, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2079: A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the compensation of Members of Congress for any fiscal year in which outlays for non-defense programs are required to be reduced under an order issued by the President for such fiscal year pursuant to section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act of 1985 by the uniform percentage by which outlays for such programs are required to be reduced under such order.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2079/
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"S. 2079: A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the compensation of Members of Congress for any fiscal year in which outlays for non-defense programs are required to be reduced under an order issued by the President for such fiscal year pursuant to section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act of 1985 by the uniform percentage by which outlays for such programs are required to be reduced under such order.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2079/.
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S. 2079, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2079/.
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[S. 2079: A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the compensation of Members of Congress for any fiscal year in which outlays for non-defense programs are required to be reduced under an order issued by the President for such fiscal year pursuant to section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Act of 1985 by the uniform percentage by which outlays for such programs are required to be reduced under such order.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2079/)
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