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Taxpayer Funded Compensation Accountability Act

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Introduced
In Committee
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-09-24
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Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
Republican · LA · Senator
Votes with party: 75.5% (865 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Climate & Environment$8,471k

Full profile: /officials/C001075

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

2026-09-24

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Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5503 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5503 To prohibit the salary of political appointees from exceeding the salary for Members of Congress. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2026 Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the salary of political appointees from exceeding the salary for Members of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Funded Compensation Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SALARIES OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES. (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``political position''-- (1) means-- (A) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive Schedule); (B) a noncareer position in the Senior Executive Service, as described under section 3132(a)(7) of that title; (C) a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; (D) a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character; (E) a position described in section 105 of title 3, United States Code; or (F) a position as a special Government employee (as defined in section 202 of title 18, United States Code), except for a member of the Armed Forces serving in such a position; and (2) does not include the position of Vice President. (b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual rate of basic pay that is payable for service in a political position may not be in excess of the annual rate of basic pay for a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives. <all>
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