[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3136 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3136
To provide for rates of pay for Members of Congress to be adjusted as a
function of changes in Government spending.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 6, 2011
Mr. Forbes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, 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 concerned
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A BILL
To provide for rates of pay for Members of Congress to be adjusted as a
function of changes in Government spending.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Accountability Pay
Act''.
SEC. 2. CHANGE IN METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PAY.
Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 601. (a)(1) This subsection applies with respect to--
``(A) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives,
and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident
Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
``(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority
leader and the minority leader of the Senate, and the majority
leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives,
and
``(C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
``(2) Whenever outlays for any fiscal year are greater than outlays
for the preceding fiscal year, then, effective as of the first day of
the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1 of the
calendar year next beginning after the close of the second of those 2
fiscal years, the rate of pay for each position under paragraph (1)
shall be decreased by the percentage (rounded to the nearest \1/10\ of
1 percent) equal to the percentage by which outlays for the second of
those 2 fiscal years are greater than outlays for the first of those 2
fiscal years, but in no event below $1.
``(3) The Congressional Budget Office shall prescribe any
regulations necessary to carry out this subsection, including
regulations governing the determination of total outlays for a fiscal
year.
``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `outlays' means
budget outlays, as defined by section 3 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622).
``(5) This subsection shall apply for purposes of determining rates
of pay for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013.''.
SEC. 3. COORDINATION RULE.
(a) In General.--Section 225(l)(3) of the Federal Salary Act of
1967 (2 U.S.C. 362(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in
the case of a position referred to in section 601(a) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31), no recommendation referred to
in this subsection (in the matter before paragraph (1)) may be made
which, if enacted, would cause the rate of pay for any such position to
differ from the rate of pay which would, as of any given time, then be
payable with respect to such position under such section 601(a).''.
(b) Exclusion of Judges.--Such section 225(l)(3) is further
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking all that follows
``recommended for'' and inserting ``the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the Vice President of the United States,
respectively, shall be equal.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking all that follows
``a Delegate to the House of Representatives,'' and that
precedes ``and each office or position under section 5313 of
title 5''.
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