[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2588 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2588

To nullify the 25 percent pay increase afforded to Members of Congress 
       by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 1995

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the 
Committees on House Oversight, Rules, and Ways and Means, 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 nullify the 25 percent pay increase afforded to Members of Congress 
       by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 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. NULLIFICATION OF PAY INCREASE.

    (a) In General.--Effective as of the date specified in subsection 
(c)(1), the rate of basic pay for each position under subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(1)) shall be equal to the rate which would then be 
payable for such position if--
            (1) section 703 of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 
        5318 note), and
            (2) section 6(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
        Act, 1992 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), to the extent that it relates 
        to subsection (a)(2)(B) of such section 703,
had never been enacted.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
considered to constitute a repeal of any provision of law for purposes 
of section 603 or 804(f) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989.
    (c) Effective Date; Coordination Rule.--
            (1) Effective date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect on 
        the first day of the first Congress beginning after the next 
        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.
            (2) Coordination rule.--If a pay adjustment under 
        subsection (a) is to be made for a position on the same date as 
        any other pay adjustment affecting such position, the 
        adjustment under subsection (a) shall be made first.

SEC. 2. CONDITION PRECEDENT FOR PAY TO BE RESTORED.

    (a) In General.--Effective as of the date specified in subsection 
(c), if a balanced budget is achieved by the Government with respect to 
any fiscal year ending after the effective date specified in section 
1(c)(1), rates of pay shall be determined as if section 1 had never 
been enacted.
    (b) Balanced Budget.--For the purpose of this section, a balanced 
budget shall be considered to have been achieved by the Government with 
respect to a fiscal year if total revenues of the Government for such 
fiscal year are at least equal to total expenditures of the Government 
for such fiscal year, as jointly certified by the Congressional Budget 
Office and the Office of Management and Budget.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect as of the 
first day of the first calendar year beginning after the end of the 
first fiscal year (ending after the effective date specified in section 
1(c)(1)) with respect to which a balanced budget is achieved by the 
Government.
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