[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 156 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 156

    To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay 
                          adjustment in 2010.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

 Mr. Mitchell (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Jones, Mr. Patrick Murphy of 
 Pennsylvania, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. McCaul, Mr. 
 Altmire, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Platts, Mr. Wittman, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Bright, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Shuler, Mr. 
  Space, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Childers, Mr. Foster, Ms. Dahlkemper, Mr. 
 Hill, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Teague, Mr. Adler of New 
 Jersey, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Giffords, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, 
   Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
Loebsack, Ms. Kosmas, Mr. Carney, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Nye, Mr. Ellsworth, 
    Mr. McCotter, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Kagen, Ms. 
 Tsongas, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Walz, Mr. Latta, 
   Mr. Hodes, Ms. Kirkpatrick of Arizona, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. 
 Bartlett, Mr. Coble, Mr. Luetkemeyer, and Mr. Cuellar) 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 any automatic pay 
                          adjustment in 2010.

    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 ``Stop the Congressional Pay Raise 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NO AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 2010.

    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 2010 in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule.
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