No Raise for Congress Act

H.R. 342 · 115th Congress · Jan 5, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

This Act may be cited as the “No Raise for Congress Act”.

(a)

In General— Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) is repealed.

(b)

Technical and conforming amendments— Section 601(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 4501(1)) is amended—

(1)

by striking “(a)(1)” and inserting “(a)”;

(2)

by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and

(3)

by striking “as adjusted by paragraph (2)” and inserting “adjusted as provided by law”.

(c)

Effective date— This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect December 31, 2016.

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Jan 5, 2017viewing Introduced in House Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. McCaul, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Ruiz, and Mr. Sanford) 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