[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 395 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 395

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

Mr. Burton of Indiana 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 COLA 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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