[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 150 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 150

To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rates 
 of pay of Members of Congress by 5 percent and eliminate future cost-
              of-living adjustments in such rates of pay.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2013

Mr. Yoder (for himself and Ms. Jenkins) 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 amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rates 
 of pay of Members of Congress by 5 percent and eliminate future cost-
              of-living adjustments in such rates of pay.

    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 Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN RATES OF PAY AND ELIMINATION OF FUTURE COST-OF-
              LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31) is amended by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
    ``(2) Effective with respect to pay periods beginning after the 
date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
held in November 2014, the annual rate of pay for each of the positions 
described in paragraph (1) shall be equal to 95 percent of the annual 
rate of pay for such position for the most recent pay period preceding 
such election.''.
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