[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 831 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 831

To provide that cost-of-living adjustments in rates of pay for Members 
  of Congress be made contingent on there not being a deficit in the 
                budget of the United States Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1993

Mr. Ewing (for himself, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Poshard, 
    Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. Goss, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Allard, Mr. 
    Hutchinson, Mr. Stump, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Bartlett of 
Maryland, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. Klink, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Torkildsen, 
and Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred jointly to the Committees on House Administration and Post 
                        Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that cost-of-living adjustments in rates of pay for Members 
  of Congress be made contingent on there not being a deficit in the 
                budget of the United States Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONDITION FOR COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(2) Effective'' and inserting ``(2)(A) 
        Except as provided in subparagraph (B), effective''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B)(i) An adjustment under subparagraph (A) which is scheduled to 
take effect in a calendar year shall not be implemented if the budget 
of the United States Government was in deficit for the last fiscal year 
ending before the first day of such calendar year, as determined under 
clause (ii).
    ``(ii) Not later than 2 months after the end of each fiscal year, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall--
            ``(I) determine whether the budget of the United States 
        Government was in deficit for such fiscal year and, if so, the 
        amount of such deficit; and
            ``(II) submit a written report to the Congress as to its 
        findings under this clause.''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any pay 
adjustment scheduled to take effect after the end of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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