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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2677 

To reduce the annual rate of compensation of Members of Congress by 

a percentage equal to the effective reduction in the average annual 

rate of pay of Federal employees who were subject to sequestrationrelated furloughs during the two most recent fiscal years. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2013 

Mr. COFFMAN (for himself, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 

COOPER, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, and Ms. DELBENE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

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 reduce the annual rate of compensation of Members of 

Congress by a percentage equal to the effective reduction 

in the average annual rate of pay of Federal employees 

who were subject to sequestration-related furloughs during the two most recent fiscal years. 

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 ‘‘Sequestration Tied to 

5 Member Pay (STOMP) Act of 2013’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. EQUIVALENT REDUCTION IN PAY OF MEMBERS OF 

2 CONGRESS IF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY IS 

3 REDUCED BY REASON OF SEQUESTRATION. 

4 (a) REDUCTION IN PAY.—Section 601(a) of the Leg5 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The annual 

8 rate’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), the 

9 annual rate’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3)(A) If, during either of the two most recent fiscal 

13 years ending before a Congress, the effective annual rate 

14 of pay of employees of the Federal Government is reduced 

15 as a result of a sequestration-related furlough, the annual 

16 rate of pay otherwise applicable under paragraph (1) dur17 ing the Congress shall be reduced by a percentage equal 

18 to the average percentage reduction in such effective an19 nual rate of pay during those 2 fiscal years for all employ20 ees of the Federal Government whose pay was reduced as 

21 a result of such a furlough. 

22 ‘‘(B) Not later than December 15 of each even-num23 bered year, the Director of the Office of Personnel Man24 agement shall determine and publish the percentage (if 

25 any) by which the annual rate of pay otherwise applicable 

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1 under paragraph (1) shall be reduced during the next Con2 gress pursuant to this paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘employees of the 

4 Federal Government’ means employees described in sec5 tion 2105 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘sequestration-re7 lated furlough’ means, with respect to an employee of the 

8 Federal Government, the placing of the employee in a tem9 porary status without duties and pay because of a lack 

10 of funds which results from— 

11 ‘‘(i) any reduction made with respect to a fiscal 

12 year pursuant to a sequestration order issued under 

13 section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (or, in the case of fiscal 

15 year 2013, under section 251A of such Act); or 

16 ‘‘(ii) the imposition with respect to a fiscal year 

17 of the discretionary spending limits set forth in sec18 tion 251(c) of such Act (as modified by section 251A 

19 of such Act).’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

21 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the One Hun22 dred Fourteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress. 

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