Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-30
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2013-01-22
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013 - Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 to prohibit the statutory pay adjustment made by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 from taking effect on March 27, 2013, through December 31, 2013, for:</p> <ul> <li> employees in Senior Executive Service positions or levels I through V in Executive Schedule positions (including positions placed on level IV or V of the Executive Schedule by the President), and</li> <li>the Vice President or a Member of Congress.</li> </ul> <p>Prohibits a Member of Congress from receiving a cost-of-living adjustment to his or her salary under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 for any fiscal year in which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) determines there is a federal budget deficit.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 30 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Ms. Ayotte introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prevent the 2013 pay adjustment for persons holding senior positions in the Federal Government from being made and to prevent pay adjustments for Members of Congress in any year there is a budget deficit.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013 . 2. Elimination of 2013 pay adjustment (a) In general Section 147(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( 5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (e), for an individual described in subparagraph (B) no statutory pay adjustment which (but for this subsection) would otherwise take effect during the period beginning on the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ( Public Law 112–175 ; 126 Stat. 1315), and ending on December 31, 2013, shall be made. (B) An individual described in this subparagraph is— (i) an employee— (I) in a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code); or (II) in a position on an Executive Schedule described in section 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, or 5316 of title 5, United States Code (including a position placed on level IV or V of the Executive Schedule under section 5317 of title 5, United States Code); and (ii) an individual serving as Vice President or a Member of Congress. . (b) Conforming amendment to delayed adjustment Section 114(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ( Public Law 112–175 ; 126 Stat. 1316) is amended— (1) by inserting and except as provided in paragraph (2) of section 147(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( 5 U.S.C. 5303 note) (as amended by the Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013 ), after Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ; and (2) by striking section 147(b)(2) and inserting section 147(b) . 3. No cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 31 ) (relating to cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress) for any fiscal year in which the Congressional Budget Office determines there is a Federal budget deficit.