[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8827 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8827

To permit the Chief Administrative Officer to pay salaries in or under 
the House of Representatives twice per month in certain cases, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2022

Mr. Kilmer (for himself and Mr. Timmons) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit the Chief Administrative Officer to pay salaries in or under 
the House of Representatives twice per month in certain cases, 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 ``Staff Salary Schedule Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. UPDATING THE PROCESS FOR PAYING SALARIES OF THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    Section 116(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 
(2 U.S.C. 4551) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The usual day'' and inserting ``(1) 
        Except as provided in paragraph (2), the usual day''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) If directed by the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer may pay 
salaries in or under the House of Representatives twice per month, or 
on the basis of such other schedule, as such Committee may promulgate 
by regulation.''.
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