[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1478 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1478

 To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
   Act of 1985 to include the pay of Members of Congress within the 
    coverage of the provisions of such Act which provide for budget 
                   enforcement through sequestration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2013

Ms. Norton (for herself, Mr. Langevin, and Ms. DelBene) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
   Act of 1985 to include the pay of Members of Congress within the 
    coverage of the provisions of such Act which provide for budget 
                   enforcement through sequestration.

    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 of Congress Pay Sequestration 
and Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF MEMBER PAY AMONG ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO BUDGET 
              ENFORCEMENT THROUGH SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) Inclusion.--Paragraph (11) of section 250(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)) is 
amended by inserting before the period the following: ``, and such term 
includes any item for the pay of Senators or Representatives in, or 
Delegates or the Resident Commissioner to, the Congress''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any sequestration occurring under part C of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 during the 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress.
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