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<item congress="113" measure-type="hjres" measure-number="33" measure-id="id113hjres33" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-03-06" update-date="2013-03-22">
<title>Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit a law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, and to permit a law otherwise varying such compensation to take effect upon enactment.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hjres33v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-03-22">
<action-date>2013-03-06</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits any law increasing the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives from taking effect until an election of Representatives has intervened.</p> <p>Repeals the twenty-seventh amendment to the Constitution. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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