[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 436 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 436

  To require that the salaries of Members of Congress be sequestered 
 during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
                          Control Act of 1985.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2013

 Mr. Nelson (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that the salaries of Members of Congress be sequestered 
 during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
                          Control Act of 1985.

    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 ``Sequester for Congressional Pay and 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. SEQUESTERING THE PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Member Sequester.--Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Congressional Pay.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `furlough 
        period' means each period--
                    ``(A) beginning on the effective date of the first 
                furlough of any individual employed by the Federal 
                Government relating to a sequestration order issued 
                under this Act; and
                    ``(B) ending on the last day of the fiscal year to 
                which the sequestration order described in subparagraph 
                (A) applies.
            ``(2) Pay reduction.--During a furlough period, the pay of 
        each Member of Congress shall be reduced by the greatest 
        percentage by which the pay of an individual employed by the 
        Federal Government is reduced as a result of a furlough 
        relating to the sequestration order for that furlough 
        period.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 
        of enactment of this section.
            (2) 27th amendment.--If the application of the amendment 
        made by subsection (a) to the pay of Members of Congress 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) is held to be unconstitutional under 
        the XXVII Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 
        the amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon the 
        convening of the 114th Congress.
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