118 HR 352 IH: Mandating Congress Can’t Accept Remuneration for Time not Helping You Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-01-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 352IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 12, 2023Mr. 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 concernedA BILLTo 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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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.

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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.