Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012

Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require that, if any sequestration under it takes effect for FY2013, the presidential order implementing the sequestration reduce the pay of the President, the Vice President, and Members of Congress by a percentage equal to the greater of 8.2% or the percentage by which accounts within the non-exempt, non-security category are reduced under the order.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6438 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6438

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to subject the pay of the President, the Vice President, and Members of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate to any sequestration order 
                         for fiscal year 2013.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2012

  Mr. Bass of New Hampshire (for himself, Mr. Dold, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
 Gerlach, Mr. Landry, Mr. Coble, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Schilling, Mr. Petri, 
 Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Duffy, and Mr. Culberson) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to subject the pay of the President, the Vice President, and Members of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate to any sequestration order 
                         for fiscal year 2013.

    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 ``Member Pay Reduction and 
Responsibility Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS IN ANY SEQUESTRATION ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013.

    Section 256(g) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 906(g)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(3) Pay for the president, the vice president, and 
        members of congress to be covered by any sequestration order 
        for fiscal year 2013.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If any sequestration under this 
                part takes effect for fiscal year 2013, the 
                Presidential order implementing such sequestration 
                shall reduce the pay of the President, the Vice 
                President, and Members of Congress by a percentage 
                equal to the greater of--
                            ``(i) the percentage by which accounts 
                        within the non-exempt, non-security category 
                        are reduced under such order; or
                            ``(ii) 8.2 percent.
                    ``(B) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, 
                the term `Member of Congress' refers to an individual 
                who holds a position under subparagraph (A), (B), or 
                (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
                Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31).
                    ``(C) Special rule.--Any reduction under this 
                paragraph in the rate of pay of the President shall 
                take effect as of noon on January 20, 2013.''.
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