H.R. 2372: Just Do Your Job Act of 2011
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H.R. 2372: Just Do Your Job Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-24 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Buerkle, Ann Marie [R-NY-25] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Just Do Your Job Act of 2011
Plain summary
Just Do Your Job Act of 2011 - Prohibits, during the portion of FY2011 that occurs after the enactment of this Act, payments for the salaries and expenses of the House and Senate Budget Committees. Reduces by $1 million for such period the amount otherwise made available for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Majority Leader of each chamber. Makes such requirements inapplicable to a chamber if it has adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY2011 or FY2012 that complies with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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Official text
Just Do Your Job Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Buerkle, Ann Marie [R-NY-25] · 7 cosponsors
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Darrell Issa (R-CA), James Lankford (R-OK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2372.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2372 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112