Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2011
Latest action · Feb 8, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Requires the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress to be the rate payable as of the enactment of this Act, until such rate is adjusted following recommendations by the President under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (or under any other law).
Requires any bill or resolution, or its amendment, providing for any increase in such payable rate (other than a pay adjustment recommended by the President under the Federal Salary Act of 1967) to be adopted by the House of Representatives or the Senate only by a recorded vote so as to reflect the vote of each Member.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2011 to Apr 24, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jan 20, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jan 20, 2011 | |
| R-NY | Nan A. S. Hayworth | Jan 20, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Jan 20, 2011 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Jan 20, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Feb 9, 2011 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Feb 9, 2011 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jan 5, 2011 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2011 |
| Information Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 8, 2011 | |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2011Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H47.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97-1011 | Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables | Report | May 6, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be subject to automatic adjustment; and to provide that any bill or resolution, and any amendment to any bill or resolution, which would increase Members' pay may be adopted only by a recorded vote.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
