To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to tie the salaries of Members of Congress to the salaries of the judiciary.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9417 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9417

To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to tie the salaries 
        of Members of Congress to the salaries of the judiciary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2022

Mr. Perlmutter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and 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 amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to tie the salaries 
        of Members of Congress to the salaries of the judiciary.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TYING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SALARIES OF 
              JUDICIARY.

    (a) Revision of Salaries of Members.--Section 601(a) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(a) The annual rate of pay for a Member of Congress shall be 
determined as follows:
            ``(1) For the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
        annual rate of pay shall be equivalent to the greater of 
        $274,200 or the annual rate of pay for an associate justice of 
        the Supreme Court of the United States.
            ``(2) For the President pro tempore of the Senate, the 
        majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, and the 
        majority leader and minority leader of the House of 
        Representatives, the annual rate of pay shall be equivalent to 
        the greater of $236,900 or the annual rate of pay for a circuit 
        judge of the United States.
            ``(3) For any other Member of Congress, including a 
        Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress, the annual 
        rate of pay shall be equivalent to the greater of $223,400 or 
        the annual rate of pay for a district judge of the United 
        States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to pay periods occurring after the date of the 
regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in 
November 2024.
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