[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 102 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 102

To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments 
                        for Members of Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments 
                        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. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is repealed.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 601(a)(1) of such 
Act is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)(1)'' and inserting ``(a)'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and
            (3) by striking ``as adjusted by paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection'' and inserting ``adjusted as provided by law''.

SEC. 2. ROLL CALL VOTE IN THE SENATE ON PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider 
a bill, amendment, resolution, or conference report containing any 
provision that adjusts the pay of Members of Congress, unless that 
provision has been subject to a roll call vote in the Senate.
    (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or 
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the 
Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the 
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the 
Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 
order raised under this section.
    (c) Rulemaking Power of the Senate.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        the Senate in the case of a provision described under 
        subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
        extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the 
        Senate.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on February 1, 2011.
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