House bill · 113th 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 3, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2013 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 134.
- 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 H37):Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution and Amendment XXVII of the United States Constitution grants Congress the authority to enact this legislation.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 134, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/134
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 6, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Gary Peters (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Matheson.
- H.R. 4290 (113th) Wakefield Act of 2014
- H.R. 2285 (113th) Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act
- H.R. 4023 (113th) Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014
- H.R. 3245 (113th) Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction Act
- H.R. 2948 (113th) Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2013
- H.R. 936 (113th) People Before Party Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.