Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-s-436
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2013-03-04
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to reduce the pay of each Member of Congress by the greatest percentage by which the pay of any federal employee is reduced as a result of a furlough relating to the sequestration order for that furlough period.</p> <p>Defines &quot;furlough period&quot; as each period:</p> <ul> <li> beginning on the effective date of the first furlough of any federal employee relating to a sequestration order issued under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, and</li> <li>ending on the last day of the fiscal year to which the sequestration order applies.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 436 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2013 Mr. Nelson (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To require that the salaries of Members of Congress be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sequester for Congressional Pay and Accountability Act . 2. Sequestering the pay of members of congress (a) Member sequester Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Congressional pay (1) Definition In this subsection, the term furlough period means each period— (A) beginning on the effective date of the first furlough of any individual employed by the Federal Government relating to a sequestration order issued under this Act; and (B) ending on the last day of the fiscal year to which the sequestration order described in subparagraph (A) applies. (2) Pay reduction During a furlough period, the pay of each Member of Congress shall be reduced by the greatest percentage by which the pay of an individual employed by the Federal Government is reduced as a result of a furlough relating to the sequestration order for that furlough period. . (b) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this section. (2) 27th amendment If the application of the amendment made by subsection (a) to the pay of Members of Congress pursuant to paragraph (1) is held to be unconstitutional under the XXVII Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon the convening of the 114th Congress.