On the recordJune 17, 2010
Madam President, I will renew my request to so modify my amendment, and I appreciate the manager accepting that change. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is so modified. The modification to amendment No. 4376 is as follows: SEC. 403. TEMPORARY ONE-YEAR FREEZE ON COST OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SALARIES. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount of funds expended on salaries for civilian employees of the Federal Government in fiscal year 2011 shall not exceed the total costs for such salaries in Fiscal Year 2009: Provided the amounts spent on salaries on members of the armed forces are exempt from the provisions of this section; Provided further, nothing in this section prohibits an employee from receiving an increase in salary or other compensation so long as such an increase does not increase any agency's net expenditures for employee salaries.
