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A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

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Introduced:
Jan 14, 2025
Policy Area:
Congress

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1
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4
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Jan 14, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in Senate - Jan 14, 2025 00
<p>This bill eliminates automatic increases to pay&nbsp;for Members of Congress, beginning with the 120th Congress. </p><p>Current law automatically increases Member&nbsp;pay according to a formula. The annual increase is (1) based on the percentage change in private sector wages as measured by the Employment Cost Index (ECI); and (2) capped at the percentage increase to General Schedule (GS) employees' base pay.&nbsp;The annual adjustment automatically goes into effect unless Congress modifies the increase in legislation.</p>

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 10000
Jan 14, 2025

Subjects (4)

Congress (Policy Area) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices Members of Congress

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in Senate

Jan 14, 2025

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Length: 1,702 characters Version: Introduced in Senate Version Date: Jan 14, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 2:28 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 86 Introduced in Senate

(IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 86

To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments
for Members of Congress.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 14, 2025

Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To repeal the provision of law that provides 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.
CONGRESS.

(a) In General.--Paragraph

(2) of
section 601 (a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.

(a) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) is repealed.

(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
Section 601 (a) of such Act (2 U.

(a) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 4501) is amended--

(1) by striking ``

(a)

(1) '' and inserting ``

(a) '';

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs
(A) ,
(B) , and
(C) as
paragraphs

(1) ,

(2) , and

(3) , respectively; and

(3) by striking ``as adjusted by paragraph

(2) of this
subsection'' and inserting ``adjusted as provided by law''.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date on which the 120th Congress
convenes.
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