[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 352 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 352

   To reduce the pay of Members of the House of Representatives if a 
         Speaker is not elected on the first day of a Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2023

 Mr. Vasquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability, 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 reduce the pay of Members of the House of Representatives if a 
         Speaker is not elected on the first day of a Congress.

    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 ``Mandating Congress Can't Accept 
Remuneration for Time not Helping You Act'' or the ``McCARTHY Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE IF SPEAKER IS NOT ELECTED.

    (a) Reduction of Pay.--If, by the end of the first day of a 
Congress, the House of Representatives has not elected a Speaker, the 
annual rate of pay applicable under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) with respect to each Member 
of the House of Representatives for the year shall be reduced by an 
amount equal to the product of--
            (1) an amount equal to one day's worth of pay under such 
        annual rate; and
            (2) the number of 24-hour periods during which no Speaker 
        has been elected for the Congress.
    (b) Member Defined.--In this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means an individual serving in a position in 
the House of Representatives which is covered under subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(1)).
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to the 
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
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