No Pay Raise for Congress Act

Bill: 118-hr-135
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-01-09
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Pay Raise for Congress Act</b></p> <p>This bill cancels the automatic adjustment to the pay of Members of Congress that is based on the employment cost index if the Congressional Budget Office determines that there was a federal budget deficit in the last fiscal year.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 135 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2023 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability , 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 provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Pay Raise for Congress Act . 2. Amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (a) In general 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) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made under this paragraph in a year only if the aggregate outlays of the United States during the last completed fiscal year did not exceed the aggregate receipts of the United States during such fiscal year, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office. . (b) Technical 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), .