To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to tie the salaries of Members of Congress to the salaries of the judiciary.

Bill: 117-hr-9417
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-02
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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: 2022-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill modifies the rate of pay for Members of Congress to align with rates of pay for Supreme Court justices and other federal judges.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2022 Mr. Perlmutter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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 tie the salaries of Members of Congress to the salaries of the judiciary.

1. Tying salaries of Members of Congress to salaries of judiciary (a) Revision of salaries of Members Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 ) is amended to read as follows: (a) The annual rate of pay for a Member of Congress shall be determined as follows: (1) For the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the annual rate of pay shall be equivalent to the greater of $274,200 or the annual rate of pay for an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (2) For the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, and the majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives, the annual rate of pay shall be equivalent to the greater of $236,900 or the annual rate of pay for a circuit judge of the United States. (3) For any other Member of Congress, including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress, the annual rate of pay shall be equivalent to the greater of $223,400 or the annual rate of pay for a district judge of the United States. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to pay periods occurring after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2024.