Congressional Belt-Tightening Act of 2010

Congressional Belt-Tightening Act of 2010 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to: (1) reduce the annual salary of Members of Congress to 95% of the mandatory rate determined for such positions; and (2) eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to limit the aggregate amount of all Members' Representational Allowances established for FY2011-FY2012 to an amount equal to 95% of the aggregate amount of all such Allowances established for FY2010.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4761 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4761

   To reduce the pay of Members of Congress and eliminate automatic 
 adjustments to such pay, to establish a limit on the aggregate amount 
which may be appropriated for the Members' Representational Allowances 
  of Members of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2010

Mr. Arcuri (for himself, Mr. Maffei, Mr. Ellsworth, and Mr. Donnelly of 
   Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To reduce the pay of Members of Congress and eliminate automatic 
 adjustments to such pay, to establish a limit on the aggregate amount 
which may be appropriated for the Members' Representational Allowances 
  of Members of the House of Representatives, 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 Belt-Tightening Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ELIMINATION OF 
              AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

    (a) Reduction of Pay.--Section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(1)) is amended by inserting 
``95 percent of'' before ``the rate determined for such positions''.
    (b) Elimination of Automatic Pay Adjustments.--Paragraph (2) of 
section 601(a) of such Act is repealed.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 601(a)(1) of such Act 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''.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on December 31, 2010.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL 
              ALLOWANCES.

    (a) Limitation.--Section 101 of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 57b ) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as 
        subsections (c) through (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Limitation on Amount.--The aggregate amount of all Members' 
Representational Allowances established for fiscal year 2011 and fiscal 
year 2012 may not exceed an amount equal to 95% of the aggregate amount 
of all Members' Representational Allowances established for fiscal year 
2010.''.
    (b) Repeal of Authority of Committee on House Administration To 
Increase Aggregate Amount.--Section 1(a) of House Resolution 457, 
Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted into 
permanent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)) is amended by striking ``Subject to'' and 
inserting ``Subject to section 101(b) of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act and''.
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