Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act”.
Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act
A BILL
To reduce the rate of pay for Members of Congress by 10 percent and to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members.
Sec. 2 Reduction in pay
In general— Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
“601.
“(a) Effective as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing after the date on which is held the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office following the date of the enactment of the Congressional Halt in Pay Increases and Cut Congressional Pay Act, the annual rate of pay for—
“(1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
“(2) 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
“(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives,”
Effective date— Subsection (a) shall take effect as of the date on which is held the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office following the date of the enactment of this Act.