House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Matheson D-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 343.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MATHESON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H356):Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 343, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/343
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7415e787c5de5c5f6d58e491b8d5c08fcadf0c753ab3e09bcb743e48cb167887
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 6 Democrats
8 of 14 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Howard Coble (R-NC), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Robert Schilling (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Matheson.
- H.R. 818 (112th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah Water…
- H.R. 4027 (112th) To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled "An Act to define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in…
- H.R. 4326 (112th) Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act
- H.R. 1406 (112th) Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2011
- H.R. 617 (112th) Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
- H.R. 2973 (112th) Protecting Public Safety and Sacred Sites from the Utah Prairie Dog Act of 2011
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.