3.0.0 436 2022-11-15T16:34:07Z 2022-11-15T16:34:07Z Senate S S 2013-03-04 113 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-03-04T20:49:32Z 2013-03-04 ssbu00 Budget Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. IntroReferral 2013-03-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1089-1090) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2013-03-04 True Economics and Public Finance Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress Economics and Public Finance 00 2013-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2013-04-26T16:16:28Z Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to reduce the pay of each Member of Congress by the greatest percentage by which the pay of any federal employee is reduced as a result of a furlough relating to the sequestration order for that furlough period.

Defines "furlough period" as each period:

  • beginning on the effective date of the first furlough of any federal employee relating to a sequestration order issued under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, and
  • ending on the last day of the fiscal year to which the sequestration order applies.
]]> Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act Display Title Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act Short Titles as Introduced Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require that the salaries of Members of Congress be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s436is/xml/BILLS-113s436is.xml 2013-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.