[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6134 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6134

 To provide for a 10 percent reduction in pay for Members of Congress, 
  to make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory 
 unpaid leave, and to reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses 
for offices of the legislative branch, during fiscal year 2011, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2010

   Mr. Coffman of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to 
 the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and the Judiciary, 
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 10 percent reduction in pay for Members of Congress, 
  to make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory 
 unpaid leave, and to reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses 
for offices of the legislative branch, during fiscal year 2011, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SEC. 1. REDUCTION IN PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual rate of pay 
for--
            (1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 
        and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident 
        Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
            (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 determined as if the adjustment taking effect under section 
601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
31(2)), as of the first day of the first pay period beginning in 
January 2011, were a reduction of 10 percent.

SECTION 2. MANDATORY UNPAID LEAVE.

    (a) Provisions Relating to Employees in the Executive Branch.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall by regulation provide 
        that, during fiscal year 2011, employees in the executive 
        branch of the Government shall be subject to--
                    (A) a total of 2 weeks of mandatory unpaid leave; 
                or
                    (B) the pro rata equivalent, in the case of 
                employees serving for less than the entire fiscal year.
            (2) Exceptions.--The regulations under paragraph (1) may 
        provide for such exceptions as may be necessary--
                    (A) for reasons of national security;
                    (B) for reasons relating to the public health or 
                safety, including effective law enforcement; or
                    (C) for such other reasons as the President 
                considers necessary or appropriate.
    (b) Provisions Relating to Employees in the Judicial Branch.--The 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
shall, by regulation, apply this section to employees in the judicial 
branch of the Government.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
considered to require that mandatory unpaid leave be taken over a 
continuous period.
    (d) Employee Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``employee'' has the meaning given such term by section 2105 of title 
5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN SALARIES AND EXPENSES FOR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
              OFFICES.

    (a) Reduction.--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 legislative branch 
may not exceed 96% of the aggregate amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available for fiscal year 2010 for allowances and expenses of such 
office.
    (b) Exception for Capitol Police.--Subsection (a) does not apply 
with respect to the United States Capitol Police.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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