[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3956 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3956

To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. Christensen 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, 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 ``Balance the Budget First Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

    (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Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) is repealed.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''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that pay for Members of Congress 
should not be increased until such time as the Federal budget has been 
balanced, as certified by the Congressional Budget Office.
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