H.Res. 22: Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012.
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H.Res. 22: Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-06 · Congress · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 8 (2011): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES22 (2011-01-06), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Prohibits the amount of Members' Representational Allowances established in the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act for 2011 or 2012 from exceeding 95% of the amount established for 2010. Reduces the current amount of Members' Representational Allowances by 5% until such Allowances are established for 2011. Prohibits the head of any House leadership office from authorizing disbursement of appropriations for salaries and expenses of that office during calendar year 2011 or FY2012 at a rate exceeding 95% of the rate provided for FY2010. Prohibits the aggregate amount authorized for expenses of House committees for 2011 and 2012, under primary expense resolutions adopted by the House, from exceeding 95% of the aggregated amount provided under such resolutions for 2009 and 2010. Entitles such committees, pending adoption of such primary expense resolutions, to 95% of the current amount otherwise determined. Prohibits the chair of the House Committee on Appropriations from authorizing the disbursement of amounts appropriated for the Committee's salaries and expenses during FY2011-FY2012 at a rate exceeding 91% of such rate for FY2010.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and 2012.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · 0 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 8 (2011): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES22 (2011-01-06): Passed
Words on this page, explained (4)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
- Roll-call vote
- A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hres22.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hres>
Record fed-us-cong112-hres22 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112