House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

No Raise for Congress Act

H.R. 342Introduced Jan 5, 2017Policy area: Congress

Where it went

IntroducedJan 5, 2017
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 5, 2017 — 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. 342.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SINEMA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 3, January 5, 2017, Page H183):
Article. I. Section. 6.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2017 ↗
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H.R. 342, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 11, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

Sent to: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Committee on House AdministrationBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 342, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats

4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Luke Messer (R-IN), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Mark Sanford (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema.

Sponsor’s state and district

Arizona in Congress · AZ-9 district

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Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.