[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4399 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4399

To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rates 
 of pay of Members of Congress by 5 percent and eliminate future cost-
              of-living adjustments in such rates of pay.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2012

  Mr. Yoder 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rates 
 of pay of Members of Congress by 5 percent and eliminate future cost-
              of-living adjustments in such rates of pay.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Salary Reduction 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN RATES OF PAY AND ELIMINATION OF FUTURE COST-OF-
              LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

    Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 31) is amended by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
    ``(2) Effective with respect to pay periods beginning after the 
date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
held in November 2012, the annual rate of pay for each of the positions 
described in paragraph (1) shall be equal to 95 percent of the annual 
rate of pay for such position for the most recent pay period preceding 
such election.''.
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