No Raise for Congress Act

Bill: 115-hr-342
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-05
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-05
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: 2017-01-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Raise for Congress Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 342 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 5, 2017 Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. McCaul , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. LoBiondo , Mr. Ruiz , and Mr. Sanford ) 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 repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Raise for Congress Act . 2. Elimination of automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress (a) In General Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 ) is repealed. (b) Technical and conforming amendments Section 601(a)(1) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 4501(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking (a)(1) and inserting (a) ; (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and (3) by striking as adjusted by paragraph (2) and inserting adjusted as provided by law . (c) Effective date This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect December 31, 2016.