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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 464

To reduce rates of pay for Representatives in Congress to the levels which

would apply based on the rates which were in effect in 1980, increased

by the total percentage of the cost-of-living adjustments which have

occurred since then with respect to benefits under title II of the Social

Security Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 6, 1993

Mr. KYL introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on House Administration and Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To reduce rates of pay for Representatives in Congress to

the levels which would apply based on the rates which

were in effect in 1980, increased by the total percentage

of the cost-of-living adjustments which have occurred

since then with respect to benefits under title II of

the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Pay

5 Reduction Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PAY REDUCTION.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective with respect to service

3 performed during any pay period beginning after the effec4 tive date under subsection (c), and until thereafter ad5 justed by or in accordance with law, the annual rate of

6 pay for—

7 (1) a Member of or Delegate to the House of

8 Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner

9 from Puerto Rico, shall be $118,000;

10 (2) the majority leader and the minority leader

11 of the House of Representatives shall be $133,000;

12 and

13 (3) the Speaker of the House of Representa14 tives shall be $154,000.

15 (b) HONORARIA AND RELATED MATTERS UNAF16 FECTED.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall be considered

17 to constitute a repeal of any provision of section 703 of

18 the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 for purposes of section

19 603 or section 804(f) of such Act.

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become ef21 fective as of—

22 (1) the 30th day after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act; or

24 (2) if implementation of this section based on

25 the date under paragraph (1) is held to be unconsti26 tutional, the first day of the first Congress as of
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1 which this section may constitutionally be given ef2 fect.

3 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

4 (a) LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1946.—

5 Paragraph (1) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorga6 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(1)) is amended to read

7 as follows:

8 ‘‘(1) The annual rate of pay for—

9 ‘‘(A) each Senator, and

10 ‘‘(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate

11 and the majority leader and the minority leader of

12 the Senate,

13 shall be the rate determined for such positions under sec14 tion 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–

15 361), as adjusted under paragraph (2) of this sub16 section.’’.

17 (b) FEDERAL SALARY ACT OF 1967.—Section 225

18 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 is amended—

19 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection

20 (f) (2 U.S.C. 356(A)) and inserting the following:

21 ‘‘(A) the Vice President of the United

22 States, Senators, the President pro tempore of

23 the Senate, and the majority and minority lead24 ers of the Senate;’’; and
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1 (2) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection

2 (l)(3) (2 U.S.C. 362(3)(A)) and inserting the follow3 ing:

4 ‘‘(A)(i) The rates of pay recommended for the

5 Vice President of the United States and the Chief

6 Justice of the United States, respectively, shall be

7 equal.

8 ‘‘(ii) The rates of pay recommended for the ma9 jority and minority leaders of the Senate, the Presi10 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and each office or

11 position under section 5312 of title 5, United States

12 Code (relating to level I of the Executive Schedule),

13 respectively, shall be equal.

14 ‘‘(iii) The rates of pay recommended for a Sen15 ator, a judge of a district court of the United States,

16 a judge of the United States Court of International

17 Trade, and each office or position under section

18 5313 of title 5, United States Code (relating to level

19 II of the Executive Schedule), respectively, shall be

20 equal.’’.

21 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

22 this section shall take effect as of the effective date of

23 section 2.

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