Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, and to permit a law otherwise varying such compensation to take effect upon enactment.

Bill: 113-hjres-33
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-06
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened.</p> <p>Repeals the twenty-seventh amendment to the Constitution. </p>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 33 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2013 Mr. Barrow of Georgia introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, and to permit a law otherwise varying such compensation to take effect upon enactment.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:  — 1. No law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. 2. The twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. .