[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2517 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2517

    To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 1997

  Mr. Riley (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
 Scarborough, Mr. Hill, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Souder, Mr. Tiahrt, 
    Mr. Largent, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Fox of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Brady, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
Solomon, Mr. Wamp, and 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.

    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 Integrity and 
Accountability Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 601. (a) Until adjusted under section 225 of the Federal 
Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351 and following) or other provision of 
law, the annual rate of pay for--
            ``(1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 
        and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident 
        Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
            ``(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority 
        leader and the minority leader of the Senate, and the majority 
        leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
        and
            ``(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
shall be the rate payable for such position as of the date of enactment 
of the Congressional Pay Integrity and Accountability Act of 1997.''.
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