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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6661

Introduced

Staff Salary Schedule Improvement Act

Sponsor
DKevin Mullin· California
Introduced
December 11, 2025
Policy area
Congress
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.December 11, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6661 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6661

To permit the Chief Administrative Officer to pay salaries in or under 
the House of Representatives twice per month in certain cases, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Tonko, and Ms. Norton) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration

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A BILL

To permit the Chief Administrative Officer to pay salaries in or under 
the House of Representatives twice per month in certain cases, and for 
other purposes.

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 ``Staff Salary Schedule Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UPDATING THE PROCESS FOR PAYING SALARIES OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.

Section 116(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 
(2 U.S.C. 4551) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The usual day'' and inserting ``(1) 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the usual day''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) When the House of Representatives next upgrades its payroll 
system, if directed by the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer may pay 
salaries in or under the House of Representatives twice per month, or 
on the basis of such other schedule, as such Committee may promulgate 
by regulation.''.
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