Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Mandating Congress Can’t Accept Remuneration for Time not Helping You Act” or the “McCARTHY Act”.
Mandating Congress Can’t Accept Remuneration for Time not Helping You Act
A BILL
To reduce the pay of Members of the House of Representatives if a Speaker is not elected on the first day of a Congress.
Sec. 2 Reduction of pay of Members of House if Speaker is not elected
Reduction of pay— If, by the end of the first day of a Congress, the House of Representatives has not elected a Speaker, the annual rate of pay applicable under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) with respect to each Member of the House of Representatives for the year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of—
an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay under such annual rate; and
the number of 24-hour periods during which no Speaker has been elected for the Congress.
Member defined— In this section, the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means an individual serving in a position in the House of Representatives which is covered under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(1)).
Effective date— This section shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress.