A bill to change the effective date for compensation for Members of Congress.

Summary

Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that any adjustment in the rate of pay for Members of Congress proposed during any Congress shall not take effect earlier than the beginning of the next Congress. States that any such pay adjustment proposed in an even-numbered year of any Congress after the congressional elections and before the beginning of the following Congress shall be considered as occurring during the first session of the following Congress for the purposes of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 25 January 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 January 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 January 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 January 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9] · D · Sponsor
• · hspo00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.
• related to ← A bill to provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.