[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 204 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 204

  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

                            January 6, 2011

  Ms. Giffords (for herself, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Critz, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
Loebsack, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Paul, Mr. DeFazio, 
  Mr. Altmire, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Owens, Mr. Donnelly of 
  Indiana, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Costa, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Schrader, and Mr. 
   Shuler) 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 ``Congressional Pay Cut Act''.

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

    (a) In General.--Effective with respect to pay periods beginning 
after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
office held in November 2012, 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, with respect 
to the pay periods referred to in subsection (a).
    (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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