Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013”.
Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013
A BILL
To prevent the 2013 pay adjustment for persons holding senior positions in the Federal Government from being made and to prevent pay adjustments for Members of Congress in any year there is a budget deficit.
Sec. 2 Elimination of 2013 pay adjustment
In general— Section 147(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) is amended—
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2)
“(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (e), for an individual described in subparagraph (B) no statutory pay adjustment which (but for this subsection) would otherwise take effect during the period beginning on the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112–175; 126 Stat. 1315), and ending on December 31, 2013, shall be made.
“(B) An individual described in this subparagraph is—
“(i) an employee—
“(I) in a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code); or
“(II) in a position on an Executive Schedule described in section 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, or 5316 of title 5, United States Code (including a position placed on level IV or V of the Executive Schedule under section 5317 of title 5, United States Code); and
“(ii) an individual serving as Vice President or a Member of Congress.”
Conforming amendment to delayed adjustment— Section 114(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112–175; 126 Stat. 1316) is amended—
by inserting “and except as provided in paragraph (2) of section 147(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (5 U.S.C. 5303 note) (as amended by the Congressional Pay Freeze Act of 2013),” after “Notwithstanding any other provision of law,”; and
by striking “section 147(b)(2)” and inserting “section 147(b)”.
Sec. 3 No cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress) for any fiscal year in which the Congressional Budget Office determines there is a Federal budget deficit.