[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 403 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 403

To modify the provision of law which provides a permanent appropriation 
  for the compensation of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 1997

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 
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 modify the provision of law which provides a permanent appropriation 
  for the compensation of 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 ``Congressional Pay For Performance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PERMANENT APPROPRIATION FOR MEMBERS' PAY.

    Subsection (c) of section 130 of the joint resolution entitled 
``Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
1982, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 97-51; 2 U.S.C. 31 note) is 
amended by striking out ``Effective'' and by inserting ``(1) Except to 
the extent provided by paragraph (2), effective'' and by inserting at 
the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) If Congress has not passed all general appropriation bills 
before the beginning of a fiscal year, then the appropriation contained 
in paragraph (1) shall not be effective with respect to such fiscal 
year.''.

SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION.

    It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or 
the Senate to consider the general appropriation bill making 
appropriations for the legislative branch for any fiscal year unless 
and until all other general appropriation bills for such fiscal year 
have been presented to the President for signature under section 7 of 
Article I of the Constitution.
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