To nullify the recent pay increase and to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

January 7, 2003

Mr. JEFF MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. PAUL, Mr. GOODE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. OSE, Mr. HALL, and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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

To nullify the recent pay increase and to eliminate 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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Rescind the Congressional Pay Raise Act'.

SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:

`SEC. 601. (a) Until otherwise provided by law (including under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967), the annual rate of pay for--

`(1) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico,

`(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate, and the majority leader and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and

`(3) the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

shall be the rate payable for such positions as of December 31, 2002.'.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period commencing after the next election of Representatives (within the meaning of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States) occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act..0D

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