[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2783 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2783

     To provide that a Member of, or Member-elect to, the House of 
 Representatives shall not receive any annual pay increase except upon 
                    an appropriate written election.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 1997

 Mr. Sherman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide that a Member of, or Member-elect to, the House of 
 Representatives shall not receive any annual pay increase except upon 
                    an appropriate written election.

    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 ``Member's Right to Renounce the House 
Pay Raise Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ELECTION REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--A Member of (or Member-elect to) the House of 
Representatives shall not receive an annual pay increase unless such 
Member (or Member-elect) elects, in accordance with the requirements of 
subsection (b), to receive such increase.
    (b) Requirements for an Effective Election.--An election under this 
section shall not be effective unless it is made by such date (before 
the effective date of the increase involved), in such form, and 
otherwise in such manner, as the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives shall prescribe.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' 
        means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress (including the incumbent of a 
        position in the House of Representatives under section 
        601(a)(1)(B) or (C) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
        1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(1)(B) or (C)); and
            (2) the term ``annual pay increase'' means an increase 
        under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
        of 1946 (or any other provision of law which is expressly in 
        lieu of an increase under such section 601(a)(2)) in the rate 
        of pay payable for service as a Member of the House of 
        Representatives.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.

    This Act shall apply with respect to annual pay increases scheduled 
to take effect after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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