[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2824 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2824

 To provide that annual pay adjustments for Members of Congress shall 
not be made in the year immediately following any fiscal year in which 
            a budget deficit exists, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 1997

 Mr. Salmon (for himself, Ms. Rivers, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Taylor of North 
      Carolina, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
Scarborough, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Taylor of Mississippi) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
    Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on House 
 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 provide that annual pay adjustments for Members of Congress shall 
not be made in the year immediately following any fiscal year in which 
            a budget deficit exists, 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 ``Balanced Budget Incentive Act''.

SEC. 2. EFFECT OF A BUDGET DEFICIT.

    Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ``Subject to 
        subparagraph (B),'' and inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (B) 
        and paragraphs (3) and (4),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, 
rates of pay for positions referred to in paragraph (1) may not be 
increased, as a result of an adjustment scheduled to take effect under 
paragraph (2) in a year, by a percentage greater than the maximum 
percentage allowable for such year.
    ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the maximum percentage 
allowable for a year is the percentage by which benefits under title II 
of the Social Security Act are increased (if at all) effective December 
1st of the preceding year--
            ``(i) as a result of a determination under section 215(i) 
        of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)); or
            ``(ii) pursuant to a law providing a general benefit 
        increase under such title.
    ``(4)(A) An adjustment which is scheduled to take effect under 
paragraph (2) in a calendar year (as limited by paragraph (3), if 
applicable) shall not be made if there was a deficit in the budget of 
the United States Government for the fiscal year last ending before the 
start of such calendar year, as determined under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B)(i) Within 2 months after the end of each fiscal year, the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall--
            ``(I) determine whether there was a deficit in the budget 
        of the United States Government for such fiscal year; and
            ``(II) submit a written report to Congress as to its 
        findings under this subparagraph.
    ``(ii) A failure to make a timely determination and report under 
clause (i) shall be treated as a determination under this subparagraph 
that there was a deficit in the budget of the United States Government 
for the fiscal year involved.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to pay adjustments scheduled to take effect after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) First Report.--In the event that the date of enactment of this 
Act is after September 30th of the calendar year in which such date of 
enactment occurs, the deadline for the first determination and report 
under section 601(a)(4)(B) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946, as amended by this Act, shall be--
            (1) the date occurring 2 months after such date of 
        enactment; or
            (2) if earlier, December 31st of such calendar year.
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