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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 111-242) to extend through December 31, 2013, the freeze on any cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to the pay of certain federal civilian employees (thus extends such freeze from two to three calendar years).
Extends through such date the prohibition against receipt by a senior executive or senior-level employee of any increase in the rate of basic pay absent a change of position that results in a substantial increase in responsibility or a promotion.
Applies the pay limit freeze to Members of Congress.
Declares that no statutory COLA for a legislative branch employee which would otherwise take effect during the period beginning on enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2013, shall be made.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3835 as passed House without amendment on Feb 1, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Feb 1, 2012
To extend the pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees
Passed · Two-thirds required
309 Yea 117 Nay 6 not voting
Crossed both parties 74 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 72 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3835 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3835 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
32 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.