Congressional Accountability Pay Act

To provide for rates of pay for Members of Congress to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Accountability Pay Act 2. Change in method for adjusting pay Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 601. (a) (1) This subsection applies with respect to— (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. (2) Whenever outlays for any fiscal year are greater than outlays for the preceding fiscal year, then, effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1 of the calendar year next beginning after the close of the second of those 2 fiscal years, the rate of pay for each position under paragraph (1) shall be decreased by the percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/10 (3) The Congressional Budget Office shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this subsection, including regulations governing the determination of total outlays for a fiscal year. (4) For purposes of this subsection, the term outlays 2 U.S.C. 622 (5) This subsection shall apply for purposes of determining rates of pay for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017. . 3. Coordination rule (a) In general Section 225(l)(3) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 ( 2 U.S.C. 362(3) (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in the case of a position referred to in section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501), no recommendation referred to in this subsection (in the matter before paragraph (1)) may be made which, if enacted, would cause the rate of pay for any such position to differ from the rate of pay which would, as of any given time, then be payable with respect to such position under such section 601(a). . (b) Exclusion of judges Section 225(l)(3)(A) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 362(3)(A) (1) in clause (i), by striking all that follows recommended for the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Vice President of the United States, respectively, shall be equal. (2) in clause (iii), by striking all that follows a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and each office or position under section 5313

Summary: Congressional Accountability Pay Act Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to revise the method of adjusting the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress. Requires a decrease in the rate of pay for each Member by a specified percentage if outlays for any fiscal year are greater than outlays for the preceding fiscal year. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to require that recommendations by the Citizens' Commission on Public Service and Compensation conform with this Act, except those for the salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, judges of U.S. district courts, and judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade.