Spending Accountability Act

Spending Accountability Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that if the total outlays of the government during a fiscal year exceed its total revenues for that fiscal year (federal budget deficit), as determined by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO):

• each annual rate of pay for each Member of Congress shall be reduced by 15% for all pay periods during the next calendar year which begins after that fiscal year, and
• no adjustment may be made under the Act in any such rate of pay during such calendar year.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3993 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3993

To provide for a 15 percent reduction in the rates of pay of Members of 
 Congress for pay periods occurring during a year if a Federal budget 
          deficit existed during the most recent fiscal year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2014

Mr. Bentivolio (for himself and Mr. Benishek) 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 provide for a 15 percent reduction in the rates of pay of Members of 
 Congress for pay periods occurring during a year if a Federal budget 
          deficit existed during the most recent fiscal year.

    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 ``Spending Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IF BUDGET DEFICIT 
              EXISTED AT END OF PREVIOUS YEAR.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(C) If the total outlays of the Government during a fiscal year 
exceed the total revenues of the Government during that fiscal year, as 
determined by the Congressional Budget Office--
            ``(i) each annual rate of pay referred to in paragraph (1) 
        shall be reduced by 15 percent for all pay periods occurring 
        during the next calendar year which begins after that fiscal 
        year; and
            ``(ii) no adjustment may be made under subparagraph (A) in 
        any such rate of pay during that next calendar year.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act is 
amended by striking ``Subject to subparagraph (B),'' and inserting 
``Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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