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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 135 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted |
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| 6 | 6 | | under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 |
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| 7 | 7 | | in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United |
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| 8 | 8 | | States exceeded receipts of the United States. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | UCHANANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on |
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| 14 | 14 | | Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined |
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| 15 | 15 | | by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall |
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| 16 | 16 | | within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legisla- |
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| 20 | 20 | | tive Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following |
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| 21 | 21 | | any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States |
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| 22 | 22 | | exceeded receipts of the United States. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Pay Raise for Con-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | gress Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Jan 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H135.IH H135 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 135 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZA-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | TION ACT OF 1946. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | NGENERAL.—Section 601(a)(2) of the Legisla-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(2)) is 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | under this paragraph in a year only if the aggregate out-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lays of the United States during the last completed fiscal 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | year did not exceed the aggregate receipts of the United 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | States during such fiscal year, as determined by the Con-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | gressional Budget Office.’’. 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) T |
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| 44 | 44 | | ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 601(a)(2)(A) 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of such Act (2 U.S.C. 4501(2)(A)) is amended by striking 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | subparagraphs (B) and (C),’’. 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Æ |
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