[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2622 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2622

 To provide for a mechanism by which a Member of, or Member-elect to, 
             Congress may decline an annual pay adjustment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 1999

  Mr. Hayes 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 for a mechanism by which a Member of, or Member-elect to, 
             Congress may decline an annual pay adjustment.

    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 Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELECTION TO DECLINE AN ANNUAL PAY ADJUSTMENT.

    (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) A Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress may decline a 
pay adjustment under paragraph (2) by making an appropriate election 
under this paragraph.
    ``(B) An election under this paragraph--
            ``(i) shall be made in time so as to take effect beginning 
        with the first amount payable to the electing individual that 
        would otherwise reflect the adjustment to which such election 
        pertains;
            ``(ii) shall be effective with respect to pay for service 
        performed by the electing individual in any position listed in 
        paragraph (1) (including after a change of position or a break 
        in service), and shall be irrevocable with respect to the 
        adjustment to which it pertains; and
            ``(iii) shall be made in such time, form, and manner as the 
        appropriate official may require, consistent with the 
        provisions of this paragraph.
    ``(C) The `appropriate official' referred to in subparagraph 
(B)(iii) is the same official as referred to in section 8401(20) of 
title 5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--An election under the amendment made by this 
section shall be available with respect to any pay adjustment taking 
effect on or after January 1, 2001.
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