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S 102 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 102
To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 6, 2009
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
(a) In General- Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is repealed.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments- Section 601(a)(1) of such Act 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) of this subsection’ and inserting ‘adjusted as provided by law’.
SEC. 2. ROLL CALL VOTE IN THE SENATE ON PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
(a) In General- It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a bill, amendment, resolution, or conference report containing any provision that adjusts the pay of Members of Congress, unless that provision has been subject to a roll call vote in the Senate.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal- This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of 3/5 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of 3/5 of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(c) Rulemaking Power of the Senate- This section is enacted by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of a provision described under subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on February 1, 2011.
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