To modify the provision of law which provides a permanent appropriation for the compensation of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

February 15, 2005

Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 modify the provision of law which provides a permanent appropriation for the compensation of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

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 Pay for Performance Act'.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PERMANENT APPROPRIATION FOR MEMBERS' PAY.

Subsection (c) of section 130 of the joint resolution entitled `Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes' (Public Law 97-51; 2 U.S.C. 31 note) is amended--

(1) by striking `(c) Effective' and inserting `(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), effective'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(2) If Congress has not passed all general appropriation bills before the beginning of a fiscal year, then the appropriation contained in paragraph (1) shall not be effective with respect to such fiscal year.'.

SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION.

It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider the general appropriation bill making appropriations for the legislative branch for any fiscal year unless and until all other general appropriation bills for such fiscal year have been presented to the President for signature under section 7 of article I of the Constitution of the United States.

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