US Congress House Bill 3189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-4)
Status: Introduced on July 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-07-13 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Reduction of Irresponsible MRA Growth Act or the TRIM Growth Act - Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the Members' Representational Allowance for a fiscal year from exceeding the Allowance established for the previous fiscal year, unless: (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a national unemployment rate of 6% or lower for each of the six most recent months for which it published a national unemployment rate which occurred before the beginning of the fiscal year; or (2) the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the congressional appropriations committees that the public debt does not exceed $5.5 trillion as of the first day of the last month of the previous fiscal year.

Reduction of Irresponsible MRA Growth Act

Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-13		Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3189/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3189/BILLS-111hr3189ih.pdf