[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 108 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 108

   To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be 
adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
 of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the 
          United States exceed receipts of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2013

    Mr. Gingrey of Georgia 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 that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be 
adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
 of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the 
          United States exceed receipts of the United States.

    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 ``Member Pay Freeze Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1946.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made under this 
paragraph in a year only if the aggregate outlays of the United States 
during the last completed fiscal year did not exceed the aggregate 
receipts of the United States during such fiscal year, as determined by 
the Congressional Budget Office.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act is 
amended by striking ``Subject to subparagraph (B),'' and inserting 
``Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C),''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any 
adjustment which, but for this Act, would otherwise become effective on 
or after January 1, 2013.
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