[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 3 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. PLATTS:
       H.R. 246.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 6--The Senators and Representatives 
     shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be 
     ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the 
     United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, 
     Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest 
     during their Attendance at the Session of their respective 
     Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for 
     any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be 
     questioned in any other Place.
       No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for 
     which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under 
     the Authority of the United States, which shall have been 
     created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased 
     during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the 
     United States, shall be a Member of either House during his 
     Continuance in Office.
       And Amendment XXVII--Originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789. 
     Ratified May 7, 1992.