[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6417 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6417

    To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay 
              adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2008

Mr. Barrett of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to 
 the Committee on Oversight and 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 prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay 
              adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS IN 2009.

    For purposes of the provision of law amended by section 
704(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), no 
adjustment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
considered to have taken effect in fiscal year 2009 in the rates of 
basic pay for the statutory pay systems.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that any savings resulting from the 
enactment of this Act should be dedicated to reducing the Federal 
budget deficit.
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