[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 75 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 75

   To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be 
adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
 of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the 
         United States exceeded receipts of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2021

 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and 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 provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be 
adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
 of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the 
         United States exceeded receipts of the United States.

    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 Pay Raise for Congress Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1946.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(2)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made under this 
paragraph in a year only if the aggregate outlays of the United States 
during the last completed fiscal year did not exceed the aggregate 
receipts of the United States during such fiscal year, as determined by 
the Congressional Budget Office.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 4501(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``Subject to subparagraph 
(B),'' and inserting ``Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C),''.
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