Accountability for Congressional Pay Act

Bill: 115-hr-2665
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-25
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-25
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: 2017-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Accountability for Congressional Pay Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the pay of Members of Congress for any year following a fiscal year in which the Office of Management and Budget determined that there was a federal budget deficit. </p> <p>During the next calendar year that begins after a fiscal year in which there was a budget deficit: (1) congressional salaries must be reduced by the percentage by which outlays exceeded revenues for that fiscal year, except that the reduction may not exceed 15%; and (2) a cost-of-living adjustment is prohibited.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2665 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2017 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Bergman , and Mr. Gallagher ) 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 reduce the pay of Members of Congress in any year following a fiscal year for which there was a Federal budget deficit.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountability for Congressional Pay Act . 2. Reduction in pay of Members of Congress in response to budget deficit (a) Reduction Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) (i) If, as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, total budget outlays of the Government for a fiscal year exceed total revenues of the Government for such fiscal year— (I) for all pay periods occurring during the next calendar year which begins after that fiscal year, each annual rate of pay referred to in paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the percentage by which outlays exceeded revenues for that fiscal year (except that such reduction may not exceed 15 percent); and (II) no adjustment may be made under subparagraph (A) in any such rate of pay during that next calendar year. (ii) If an individual did not hold a position described in paragraph (1) during a fiscal year for which total budget outlays of the Government exceeded total revenues of the Government (as described in clause (i)), clause (i) shall not apply to the annual rate of pay for such individual during the next calendar year. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 4501(2)(A) ) is amended by striking Subject to subparagraph (B), and inserting Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), . (c) Effective Date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2018 and each succeeding fiscal year.