[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2541 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2541

To provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased in any 
fiscal year if, in the immediately preceding fiscal year, total budget 
         outlays of the Government exceeded its total revenues.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased in any 
fiscal year if, in the immediately preceding fiscal year, total budget 
         outlays of the Government exceeded its total revenues.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PAY INCREASES NOT PERMITTED UNLESS THE BUDGET IS BALANCED.

    (a) Pay Increases Not Permitted.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the rate of pay for a Member of Congress may not be 
adjusted to reflect any increase scheduled to take effect in a fiscal 
year if total budget outlays of the Government for the preceding fiscal 
year exceeded total revenues of the Government for such preceding 
fiscal year, as determined under subsection (b).
    (b) Method for Determining If the Budget Is Balanced.--Not later 
than 2 months after the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall--
            (1) determine whether total budget outlays of the 
        Government for such fiscal year exceeded total revenues of the 
        Government for such fiscal year and, if so, the amount by which 
        the former exceeded the latter; and
            (2) submit a written report to the Congress as to its 
        findings under this subsection.
    (c) Definition.--For the purpose of this Act, the term ``Member of 
Congress'' means an individual serving in a position referred to in 
section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31(1)).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--This Act--
            (1) shall become effective as of--
                    (A) the 30th day after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act; or
                    (B) if implementation of this Act based on the date 
                under paragraph (1) is held to be unconstitutional, the 
                first day of the first Congress as of which this 
                section may constitutionally be given effect; and
            (2) shall apply with respect to any pay adjustment 
        scheduled to take effect on or after the effective date of this 
        Act.
    (b) Initial Determination.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall, not later than 2 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, carry out the requirements of section 2(b) 
with respect to the last fiscal year ending before the effective date 
of this Act.

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