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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1168 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that matching contributions 
to the Thrift Savings Fund for Members of Congress be made contingent 
on Congress completing action on a concurrent resolution on the budget, 
for the fiscal year involved, which reduces the deficit, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2011 
Mr. RIGELL (for himself, Mr. COBLE, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. RIBBLE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment 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 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that match-
ing contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund for Mem-
bers of Congress be made contingent on Congress com-
pleting action on a concurrent resolution on the budget, 
for the fiscal year involved, which reduces the deficit, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lead By Example 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONDITION. 
Section 8432(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, no contribution under this subsection may be 
made for the benefit of any Member— 
‘‘(i) with respect to any pay period beginning 
before the date on which Congress completes action 
on a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fis-
cal year in which the first day of such pay period 
occurs; and 
‘‘(ii) unless— 
‘‘(I) the deficit for the fiscal year referred 
to in clause (i) (as set forth in the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for such fiscal year), 
is less than 
‘‘(II) the deficit for the preceding fiscal 
year (as set forth in the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for such preceding fiscal year). 
‘‘(B) If a determination under subparagraph (A)(ii) 
cannot be made with respect to a fiscal year (as referred 
to in subclause (I) thereof) due to a failure by Congress 
to complete action on a concurrent resolution on the budg-
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et for the preceding fiscal year (as referred to in subclause 
(II) thereof) the condition under subparagraph (A)(ii) 
shall be considered not to have been met for purposes of 
the fiscal year referred to in subclause (I) thereof. 
‘‘(C) Clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) and subpara-
graph (B) shall cease to apply after the date on which 
Congress completes action on a concurrent resolution on 
the budget for the first fiscal year, following the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph, for which there is no 
deficit (as determined based on the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for such fiscal year). 
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms ‘con-
current resolution on the budget’ and ‘deficit’ have the re-
spective meanings given them by section 3 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall be effective 
with respect to contributions for pay periods beginning in 
any fiscal year which begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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