[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. NUGENT:
        H.R. 507.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution as 
     amended by the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. This 
     section of the Constitution allows Congress to set their own 
     compensation so long as new representatives have been 
     elected.