[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 503 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 503

To prohibit pay raises for the Vice President and any senior political 
appointee at a Federal agency subject to a lapse in appropriations, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2019

Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. Casten of Illinois, and Mr. Blumenauer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit pay raises for the Vice President and any senior political 
appointee at a Federal agency subject to a lapse in appropriations, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``No Political Pay Raises During 
Shutdowns Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PAY RAISE DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
any period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations beginning on or 
after December 22, 2018, the Vice President and any senior political 
appointee at an agency with respect to which appropriations have lapsed 
may not receive a pay rate increase.
    (b) Administration.--In carrying out any pay freeze under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) the term ``senior political appointee'' means an 
        individual occupying any position described under subsections 
        (b) through (e) of section 738 of the Financial Services and 
        General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 (division E of 
        Public Law 115-141); and
            (2) the requirements of subsections (f) through (k) of such 
        section 738 shall apply.
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