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H.R.2081 To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to increase the salary of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia.

The CFO of Washington, D.C. would receive a pay raise based on 150% of the level I pay rate for the Executive Schedule. The raise would begin on April 18, 2007. The CFO compensation will rise from the current $186,600 to $279,900. The salary is not taxpayer funded.

Sponsor:  Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Vote:

Cost to the taxpayers: “CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2081 would have no effect on the federal budget. H.R. 2081 would amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to increase the pay of the chief financial officer (CFO) of the District of Columbia from $186,600 to $279,900. Under the bill, the salary for the District’s CFO would be 150 percent of the Level 1 pay rate for the federal Executive Schedule. The bill would make the pay raise retroactive to April 18, 2007.

Earmark Certification:   Not applicable to this bill.

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