[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1669 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1669

 To provide that an annual pay adjustment for Members of Congress may 
not exceed the cost-of-living adjustment in benefits under title II of 
                 the Social Security Act for that year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 1999

   Mr. Goss introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, 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 an annual pay adjustment for Members of Congress may 
not exceed the cost-of-living adjustment in benefits under title II of 
                 the Social Security Act for that year.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended 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.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to any pay adjustment under section 601(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) scheduled to 
take effect after December 31, 2000.
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