I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1137 
To provide for an 8.7 percent reduction in the annual rate of basic pay 
for certain employees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. RICE of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition 
to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for an 8.7 percent reduction in the annual rate 
of basic pay for certain employees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Account-
ability in Decisions for Progress Act’’ or the ‘‘PAID for 
Progress Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INITIAL PAY DECREASE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for any covered employee occupying a position 
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within the Federal Government or a covered enterprise on 
the date of enactment of this Act that has an annual rate 
of basic pay greater than $100,000, such rate of basic pay 
shall be reduced by 8.7 percent. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—In the case of a 
Federal employee, subsection (a) shall be effective 
with respect to the first pay period beginning after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS; 
THE
PRESI-
DENT.—In the case of a Member of Congress or the 
President, subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
the first pay period beginning on or after the com-
mencement date of the first term for which such 
Member or the President is elected that begins after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. REAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) PERIODIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for any covered employee with 
an annual rate of basic pay greater than $100,000 on the 
date of application in subsection (c), such rate of basic 
pay shall be adjusted by the rate of the percent change 
in the real median household income, pursuant to the cal-
culation in subsection (b). 
(b) CALCULATION OF ADJUSTMENT.— 
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(1) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—In the case of a 
Federal employee, the adjustment in subsection (a) 
shall be a percent equal to the percent difference be-
tween the real median household income in the most 
recent publication such income and the real median 
household income in the previous publication. 
(2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS; THE PRESIDENT.— 
In the case of a Member of Congress or the Presi-
dent, the adjustment in subsection (a) shall be a 
percent equal to the percent difference between the 
real median household income in the most recent 
publication such income and the real median house-
hold income in the first publication after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) DATE OF APPLICATION.— 
(1) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—In the case of a 
Federal employee, the adjustment in subsection (a) 
shall be periodically applied beginning with the first 
pay period beginning after the date of each annual 
publication of the real median household income. 
(2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS; THE PRESIDENT.— 
In the case of a Member of Congress or the Presi-
dent, the adjustment in subsection (a) shall be ap-
plied with respect to the first pay period beginning 
on or after the commencement date of each term 
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after such date of publication for which such Mem-
ber or the President is elected. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered 
employee’’ means a Federal employee, a Member of 
Congress, and the President. 
(2) COVERED
ENTERPRISE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered enterprise’’ means the Federal National Mort-
gage Association and any affiliate thereof during any 
period that the enterprise is federally chartered 
under the Federal National Mortgage Association 
Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) and the Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any af-
filiate thereof during any period that the enterprise 
is federally chartered under the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.). 
(3) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘Federal 
employee’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ in section 2105 of title 5, United States 
Code, and includes a director, officer, or employee of 
a covered enterprise. 
(4) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘‘Mem-
ber of Congress’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2106 of title 5, United States Code. 
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(5) REAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME.—The 
term ‘‘real median household income’’ means the 
real median household income of the United States 
as published by the Bureau of the Census. 
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