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Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, as amended by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175), to extend the freeze on adjustments to pay of federal employees and officials, including Members of Congress, through December 31, 2013.
Eliminates the delayed statutory pay adjustment contained in the Resolution that was permitted to take effect with the first applicable pay period beginning after March 27, 2013.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6726 as passed House without amendment on Jan 1, 2013. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jan 1, 2013
To prevent the 2013 pay adjustment for Members of Congress and persons holding other offices or positions in the Federal Government from being made
Passed · Two-thirds required
287 Yea 129 Nay 15 not voting
Crossed both parties 57 of 416 voting members broke with their own party: 55 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 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. 6726 and vote against it. 20 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 6726 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
2 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.