A bill to provide that adjustments in the rates of pay for Members of Congress shall take effect at the beginning of the Congress following the Congress in which they are approved.

Summary

Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to specify that pay adjustments for Members of Congress shall take effect at the beginning of the Congress following the Congress in which they were approved. Limits the salaries payable to congressional employees. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to require the President to transmit to the Congress recommendations with respect to the rates of pay for Members of Congress and certain legislative, judicial and executive branch employees. Revises the procedure whereby changes in rates of pay for Members of Congress take effect. Prohibits the Congress from considering any appropriation bill, budget resolution, or amendment which prevents the payment of pay increases resulting from a pay adjustment deferred under this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 September 1977

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