[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 30 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 30

To prevent the 2013 pay adjustment for persons holding senior positions 
     in the Federal Government from being made and to prevent pay 
   adjustments for Members of Congress in any year there is a budget 
                                deficit.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013

  Ms. Ayotte introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prevent the 2013 pay adjustment for persons holding senior positions 
     in the Federal Government from being made and to prevent pay 
   adjustments for Members of Congress in any year there is a budget 
                                deficit.

    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 Freeze Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF 2013 PAY ADJUSTMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 147(b) of the Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2011 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
    ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as 
provided in subsection (e), for an individual described in subparagraph 
(B) no statutory pay adjustment which (but for this subsection) would 
otherwise take effect during the period beginning on the date specified 
in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 
(Public Law 112-175; 126 Stat. 1315), and ending on December 31, 2013, 
shall be made.
    ``(B) An individual described in this subparagraph is--
            ``(i) an employee--
                    ``(I) in a Senior Executive Service position (as 
                defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States 
                Code); or
                    ``(II) in a position on an Executive Schedule 
                described in section 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, or 5316 of 
                title 5, United States Code (including a position 
                placed on level IV or V of the Executive Schedule under 
                section 5317 of title 5, United States Code); and
            ``(ii) an individual serving as Vice President or a Member 
        of Congress.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment to Delayed Adjustment.--Section 114(b) of 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175; 126 
Stat. 1316) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and except as provided in paragraph (2) 
        of section 147(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (5 
        U.S.C. 5303 note) (as amended by the Congressional Pay Freeze 
        Act of 2013),'' after ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law,''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 147(b)(2)'' and inserting 
        ``section 147(b)''.

SEC. 3. NO COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be 
made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost-of-living adjustments for Members of 
Congress) for any fiscal year in which the Congressional Budget Office 
determines there is a Federal budget deficit.
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