[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4720 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4720

  To provide for a 5 percent reduction in the rates of basic pay for 
                          Members of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2010

 Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona 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 provide for a 5 percent reduction in the rates of basic pay 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 ``Taking Responsibility For 
Congressional Pay Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Effective as of the first day of the first 
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the rate 
of basic pay for each Member of Congress shall be reduced by 5 percent, 
rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or, if midway between 
multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100).
    (b) Preemption.--The adjustment under subsection (a) shall be in 
lieu of any adjustment which (but for this Act) might otherwise take 
effect, in the rates of basic pay for Members of Congress, in 2011.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``Member of 
Congress'' means an individual serving in a position under subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31).
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