Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act

Bill: 113-hr-398
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-23
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-23
text: 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that, as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing after the next regularly scheduled general election for federal office following the enactment of this Act, the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress shall be equal to the annual rate of pay for that position as of the date on which that general election is held, reduced by 10%. (Thus eliminates the automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and reduces their compensation by 10%.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 398 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2013 Mr. Loebsack (for himself and Mrs. Kirkpatrick ) 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 rate of pay for Members of Congress by 10 percent and to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act . 2. Reduction in pay (a) In general Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 31 ) is amended to read as follows: 601. (a) Effective as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing after the date on which is held the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office following the date of the enactment of the Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act , the annual rate of pay for— (1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, (2) 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 (3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be equal to the annual rate of pay for that position as of the date on which such general election is held, reduced by 10 percent. . (b) Effective date Subsection (a) shall take effect as of the date on which is held the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office following the date of the enactment of this Act.