[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1658]
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            By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
        H.R. 3993.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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.
       27th Amendment
       No law, varying the compensation for the services of the 
     Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an 
     election of Representatives shall have intervened.