[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 212 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 212

  To nullify the pay raises afforded by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 
(excluding those granted to justices and judges of the United States); 
to freeze rates of pay for justices and judges of the United States for 
   the next 5 years; and to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to 
eliminate quadrennial pay adjustments for Members of Congress and other 
                  Government officials under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service, House Administration, 
                the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Rules

                            January 27, 1994

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Stearns, Mr. Regula, Mr. McCandless, Mr. 
 DeFazio, Mr. Swett, Mr. Mica, Mr. Kim, Mr. Andrews of New Jersey, Mr. 
               Stump, Mr. Blute, Mr. Coble, and Mr. Upton

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                                 A BILL


 
  To nullify the pay raises afforded by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 
(excluding those granted to justices and judges of the United States); 
to freeze rates of pay for justices and judges of the United States for 
   the next 5 years; and to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to 
eliminate quadrennial pay adjustments for Members of Congress and other 
                  Government officials under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. NULLIFICATION OF PAY RAISES.

    (a) In General.--Effective as of the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and until adjusted by or under law, the rate of basic pay 
for each office or position under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
section 225(f) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 356 (A)-(D)) 
shall be equal to the rate of basic pay which was payable for such 
office or position as of November 1, 1989, increased by 3.6 percent.
    (b) Exception.--Nothing in this section shall have the effect of 
reducing the pay of any individual whose compensation may not, under 
section 1 of article III of the Constitution of the United States, be 
diminished during such individual's continuance in office.
    (c) Repeals.--The last sentence of section 603, and the last 
sentence of section 804(f), of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 are 
repealed.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION RELATING TO PAY FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES OF THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) Applicability.--This section applies with respect to any office 
or position the rate of basic pay for which would, but for subsection 
(b) of section 1, have been diminished by such section.
    (b) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
rate of basic pay for each office or position to which this section 
applies may not be adjusted to reflect any of the next 5 adjustments 
taking effect, beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, pursuant to section 461 of title 28, United States Code.

SEC. 3. ADVISORY NATURE OF QUADRENNIAL ADJUSTMENT PROCESS.

    Section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351 and 
following) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (i) through (k) and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(i) Effect of Recommendations.--The recommendations of the 
President under subsection (h) shall be of an advisory nature only, and 
shall have no force or effect.''; and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (l) through (n) as 
        subsections (j) through (l), respectively.

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