HR 6721 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 2013 or 2014.

Introduced Dec 31, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Michael G. Fitzpatrick R-PA

Latest action · Dec 31, 2012 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

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.

IntroducedDec 31, 2012
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments to the rate of pay for Members of Congress during FY2013 or FY2014.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 31, 2012 to Jan 1, 2013; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-CO	Cory Gardner	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Dec 31, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Dec 31, 2012
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-OH	Steve Austria	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-AR	Tim Griffin	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-NY	Tom Reed	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Dec 31, 2012
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jan 1, 2013
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jan 1, 2013
R-OK	James Lankford		Jan 1, 2013
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Jan 1, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Jan 1, 2013
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Jan 1, 2013
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jan 1, 2013
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Jan 1, 2013
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jan 1, 2013

Committees 2

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 Dec 31, 2012
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Dec 31, 2012

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 31, 2012Introduced in House
Dec 31, 2012Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H7523	Darrell Issa R-CA, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA	Jan 1, 2012

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution, which states ``The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.'' and Clause 1 of Section 1 of Article I, which states ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7516.

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

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3858	To provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during 2013.	Related bill	Jan 31, 2012
HR 6720	To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 2013 or 2014.	Identical bill	Dec 31, 2012
HR 6722	To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 2013.	Related bill	Dec 31, 2012

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made in fiscal year 2013 or 2014.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 31, 2012Introduced in House

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