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<title>Lead By Example Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr143v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-02-13">
<action-date>2013-01-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Lead By Example Act - Prohibits matching contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund for Members of Congress: (1) for any pay period beginning before the date on which Congress completes action on a budget resolution for the fiscal year in which the first day of such pay period occurs, and (2) unless the deficit for such fiscal year (as set forth in the budget resolution) is less than the deficit for the preceding fiscal year.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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