To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to include the pay of Members of Congress within the coverage of the Act.
Latest action · Sep 21, 2012 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 21, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with respect to budget enforcement through sequestration, to redefine "account" to include any item for the pay of Members of Congress. (Thus subjects the pay of Members of Congress to reduction under a sequestration.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
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- Sep 21, 2012Introduced in House
- Sep 21, 2012Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
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- Sep 21, 2012Introduced in House
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