S. 3143 · 111th Congress
No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act
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No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act - Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress during FY2011 or any succeeding fiscal year, until the fiscal year following the first fiscal year that the annual federal budget deficit is $0.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 18, 2010
No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act - Eliminates automatic cost of living adjustments (COLAs) for Members of Congress during FY2011 or any succeeding fiscal year, until the fiscal year following the first fiscal year that the annual federal budget deficit is $0.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) determine whether or not the annual federal budget deficit was $0 for that fiscal year, and if so, report that determination to Congress; and (2) report that determination also to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as well as whether or not such COLA restriction shall apply to the succeeding fiscal year.
Reduces the statutory limit on the public debt as follows: (1) for FY2011, $13.9 trillion; (2) for FY2012, $13.7 trillion; (3) for FY2013, $13.5 trillion; (4) for FY2014, $12.3 trillion; and (5) for FY2015 and each ensuing fiscal year, $12.1 trillion.
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About this bill and sources
Official title: No Pay Raise for Congress Until the Budget is Balanced Act
Latest action (Mar 19, 2010): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 322.
Policy area: Congress · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 18, 2010
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No recorded floor vote found.