[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4047 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4047

To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rate 
  of pay, and to eliminate automatic pay adjustments, for Members of 
                               Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2005

Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, 
Mr. Kind, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Coble, 
   Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mr. Hall, Mr. 
Flake, Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. 
  Gingrey, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. English of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Government Reform, 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 amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rate 
  of pay, and to eliminate automatic pay adjustments, for Members of 
                               Congress.

    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 ``Rescind the Congressional Pay Raise 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 601. (a) Until otherwise provided for by law (including 
pursuant to section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967), the annual 
rate of pay for--
            ``(1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 
        and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident 
        Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
            ``(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority 
        leader and the minority leader of the Senate, and the majority 
        leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
        and
            ``(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
shall be the rate payable for those respective positions as of December 
31, 2004.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period 
commencing after the next election of Representatives (within the 
meaning of the 27th article of amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States) occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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