[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 53 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 53

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
     require Members of Congress and the President to forfeit the 
  compensation paid to them starting at the conclusion of each fiscal 
 year until all of the general appropriations bills for the following 
                        fiscal year are enacted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2003

 Mr. Ose introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
     require Members of Congress and the President to forfeit the 
  compensation paid to them starting at the conclusion of each fiscal 
 year until all of the general appropriations bills for the following 
                        fiscal year are enacted.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``The compensation paid to Members of Congress and to the President 
shall be forfeited on a per diem basis at the conclusion of each fiscal 
year until such time as all of the general appropriations bills for the 
following fiscal year are enacted.''.
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