[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5927 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5927

 To limit the amount which may be provided for allowances and expenses 
 of any office of the House of Representatives or Senate to 95 percent 
  of the amount provided for the office for fiscal year 2010, and to 
   limit the pay of Members of Congress to 95 percent of the amount 
                     provided for fiscal year 2010.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

  Mr. Critz 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 limit the amount which may be provided for allowances and expenses 
 of any office of the House of Representatives or Senate to 95 percent 
  of the amount provided for the office for fiscal year 2010, and to 
   limit the pay of Members of Congress to 95 percent of the amount 
                     provided for fiscal year 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 ``Share the Financial Burden Act''.

SEC. 2. CAP ON AMOUNTS PROVIDED FOR ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES OF HOUSE 
              AND SENATE OFFICES.

    (a) Cap on Allowances and Expenses.--The aggregate amount which may 
be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for 
allowances and expenses (including salaries) of any office of the House 
of Representatives or any office of the Senate may not exceed 95 
percent of the aggregate amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2010 for allowances and expenses of such 
office.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``office of the House of Representatives'' 
        means any office for which the amounts provided for salaries 
        and expenses are disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
        of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the term ``office of the Senate'' means any office for 
        which the amounts provided for salaries and expenses are 
        disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Reduction.--Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 601.  Until otherwise provided by the enactment of a bill or 
joint resolution under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 
U.S.C. 351 et seq.) or the enactment of any other provision of law, the 
annual rate of pay for--
            ``(1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 
        and Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress;
            ``(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 95 percent of the rate payable for such position as of the 
last day of fiscal year 2010.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 
2011.
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