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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2653 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2653

  To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the 
 Treasury is unable to liquidate the obligations of the United States 
 Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been 
                                reached.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2011

 Mr. Cooper (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Welch, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Costa, 
 Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Mr. Altmire, Mr. 
Matheson, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Boren, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
  Mr. Shuler, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Carney, and Mr. Himes) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL

 
  To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the 
 Treasury is unable to liquidate the obligations of the United States 
 Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been 
                                reached.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Pay for Members Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO BE PAID LAST.

    (a) In General.--In the event that the public debt of the United 
States Government reaches the public debt limit, the obligation to pay 
basic pay of Members of Congress may not be liquidated until--
            (1) all other obligations of the United States Government 
        which are then due have been liquidated; or
            (2) if earlier, the ability of the Treasury to liquidate 
        the obligations of the United States Government in timely 
        manner is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt 
        limit or otherwise.
    (b) Consent.--Each Member of Congress consents and agrees that 
payment of basic pay in accordance with subsection (a) shall constitute 
a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands 
for service as such a Member during the period covered by the payment.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``public debt limit'' means the dollar 
        limitation contained in section 3101(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code; and
            (2) the term ``Member of Congress'' means--
                    (A) each Senator, Member of the House of 
                Representatives, and Delegate to the House of 
                Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from 
                Puerto Rico;
                    (B) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the 
                majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate, 
                and the majority leader and the minority leader of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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