Congressional Pay Reduction Act

Bill: 114-hr-179
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-06
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: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Congressional Pay Reduction Act</b></p> <p>Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to: (1) eliminate automatic cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress, and (2) reduce Members' annual rate of pay to 95% of the annual rate for the most recent pay period preceding the regularly scheduled federal general election held in November 2016. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 179 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2015 Mr. Yoder 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 amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rates of pay of Members of Congress by 5 percent and eliminate future cost-of-living adjustments in such rates of pay.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Pay Reduction Act . 2. Reduction in rates of pay and elimination of future cost-of-living adjustments for members of congress Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 ) is amended by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) Effective with respect to pay periods beginning after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2016, the annual rate of pay for each of the positions described in paragraph (1) shall be equal to 95 percent of the annual rate of pay for such position for the most recent pay period preceding such election. .