Member Pay Freeze Act

Bill: 113-hr-108
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-03
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: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Member Pay Freeze Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines that the federal aggregate outlays during the last completed fiscal year exceeded the federal aggregate receipts during such fiscal year.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 108 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mr. Gingrey of Georgia 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 provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceed receipts of the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Member Pay Freeze Act . 2. Amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (a) In general Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 31(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made under this paragraph in a year only if the aggregate outlays of the United States during the last completed fiscal year did not exceed the aggregate receipts of the United States during such fiscal year, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office. . (b) Technical amendment Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by striking Subject to subparagraph (B), and inserting Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any adjustment which, but for this Act, would otherwise become effective on or after January 1, 2013.