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H.R. 1813 103rd Congress House

Congressional Pay for Performance Act

Official title: To provide that rates of basic pay for Members of Congress be adjusted in a manner that reflects the degree of success of efforts to reduce the Federal deficit without raising taxes.

Introduced: April 22, 1993 See on congress.gov
Congress Budget deficitsCongressional salaries and pensionsFederal budgetsGovernment spending reductions
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It never became law before the 103rd Congress (1993–1994) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Became law
May 11, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2355)
Apr 22, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Apr 22, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Apr 22, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 11, 1993

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2355)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Pay for Performance Act - Suspends basic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and requires pay reductions, until the deficit is reduced to below $50,000,000,000 without the enactment of any change in the Internal Revenue Code.

Requires an annual reduction in pay by a percentage equal to: (1) two percent times the number of hundreds of billions of dollars of the deficit in the first year after enactment; or (2) twice that percentage for any year following a year for which the deficit is not at least $100,000,000,000 less than the lowest level attained after enactment of this Act.

Suspends pay reductions upon enactment of a declaration of war and reinstates them when the state of war is concluded.

Restores pay adjustment procedures suspended by this Act, and provides for a rate of basic pay of twice the rate in effect as of the effective date of this Act, for the first year with respect to which the deficit is less than $50,000,000,000.

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