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

March 6, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DORGAN, and Mr. DODD) introduced the following bill; which was read the first timeCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

March 9, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Read the second time and placed on the calendarCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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(a) In General- Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is repealed.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments- Section 601(a)(1) of such Act is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking ‘(a)(1)’ and inserting ‘(a)’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





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





(3) by striking ‘as adjusted by paragraph (2) of this subsection’ and inserting ‘adjusted as provided by law’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Effective Date- This section shall take effect on February 1, 2011.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Calendar No. 29CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

March 9, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink