[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 464 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 464

 To reduce rates of pay for Representatives in Congress to the levels 
  which would apply based on the rates which were in effect in 1980, 
  increased by the total percentage of the cost-of-living adjustments 
which have occurred since then with respect to benefits under title II 
          of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1993

 Mr. Kyl 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 reduce rates of pay for Representatives in Congress to the levels 
  which would apply based on the rates which were in effect in 1980, 
  increased by the total percentage of the cost-of-living adjustments 
which have occurred since then with respect to benefits under title II 
          of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

    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 Reduction Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PAY REDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Effective with respect to service performed during 
any pay period beginning after the effective date under subsection (c), 
and until thereafter adjusted by or in accordance with law, the annual 
rate of pay for--
            (1) a Member of or Delegate to the House of 
        Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
        Rico, shall be $118,000;
            (2) the majority leader and the minority leader of the 
        House of Representatives shall be $133,000; and
            (3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
        $154,000.
    (b) Honoraria and Related Matters Unaffected.--Nothing in 
subsection (a) shall be considered to constitute a repeal of any 
provision of section 703 of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 for purposes 
of section 603 or section 804(f) of such Act.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall become effective as of--
            (1) the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act; or
            (2) if implementation of this section 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.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
31(1)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(1) The annual rate of pay for--
            ``(A) each Senator, and
            ``(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate and the 
        majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate,
shall be the rate determined for such positions under section 225 of 
the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351-361), as adjusted under 
paragraph (2) of this subsection.''.
    (b) Federal Salary Act of 1967.--Section 225 of the Federal Salary 
Act of 1967 is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection (f) (2 
        U.S.C. 356(A)) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) the Vice President of the United States, 
                Senators, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and 
                the majority and minority leaders of the Senate;''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection (l)(3) (2 
        U.S.C. 362(3)(A)) and inserting the following:
            ``(A)(i) The rates of pay recommended for the Vice 
        President of the United States and the Chief Justice of the 
        United States, respectively, shall be equal.
            ``(ii) The rates of pay recommended for the majority and 
        minority leaders of the Senate, the President pro tempore of 
        the Senate, and each office or position under section 5312 of 
        title 5, United States Code (relating to level I of the 
        Executive Schedule), respectively, shall be equal.
            ``(iii) The rates of pay recommended for a Senator, a judge 
        of a district court of the United States, a judge of the United 
        States Court of International Trade, and each office or 
        position under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code 
        (relating to level II of the Executive Schedule), respectively, 
        shall be equal.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as of the effective date of section 2.

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