[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2454 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2454

    To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 1995

Mr. Thornberry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

    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 COLA Elimination Act 
of 1995''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 601(a)(1) of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)(1)'' and inserting ``(a)'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and
            (3) by striking ``, as adjusted by paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the day after 
the date of the first election of Representatives (within the meaning 
of the 27th article of amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States) occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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