[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 166 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 166

 To eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments in rates of pay for 
Members of Congress, and to nullify any such adjustment occurring after 
                           December 31, 1992.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Duncan introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
   the Committees on House Administration and Post Office and Civil 
                                Service

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                                 A BILL


 
 To eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments in rates of pay for 
Members of Congress, and to nullify any such adjustment occurring after 
                           December 31, 1992.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) The'' and inserting ``The'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
                as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and
                    (C) by striking ``, as adjusted by paragraph (2) of 
                this subsection''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).

SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF ANY AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS 
              OCCURRING SINCE 1992.

    (a) Nullification of Pay Adjustments.--Effective as of the first 
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the rate of pay for any position 
identified under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 shall be equal to the rate which would then be payable for such 
position if no pay adjustment described in subsection (b) had ever 
taken effect.
    (b) Description of Pay Adjustments Nullified.--Subsection (a) 
applies with respect to any pay adjustment under section 601(a)(2) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (as then in effect) that 
first took effect after December 31, 1992.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 908(b)(4)(B)(i) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1983 (2 U.S.C. 31-1(b)(4)(B)(i)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative 
        Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)),''; and
            (2) by striking ``et seq.),'' and inserting ``et seq.)''.

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