Congressional Salary Act of 1989

Congressional Salary Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to make the recommendations of the President relating to congressional salaries of an advisory nature.

Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to declare the rate of pay for Members of Congress to be that which is payable for such positions on the date of enactment of this Act. Requires increases in such rate of pay to take effect at the beginning of the following Congress. Declares the period which begins on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November of even-numbered years and which ends on the following January 3 as occurring during the first session of the following Congress.

 
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HR 383 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 383
To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be subject
to adjustment under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 or subject to any other
automatic adjustment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be subject
to adjustment under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 or subject to any other
automatic adjustment.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the
  `Congressional Salary Act of 1989.'
  SEC. 2. (a) Section 225(i) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 359)
  is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
  `(3) Any part of the recommendations of the President which relate to offices
  and positions within the purview of subparagraph (A) of subsection (f)
  of this section shall be of an advisory nature only and, unless otherwise
  provided by law, shall not take effect under this subsection.'.
  (b) Section 225(i)(1) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 359(1))
  is amended by inserting `(other than recommendations with respect to those
  offices and positions within the purview of subparagraph (A) of subsection
  (f) of this section)' before `shall be effective'.
  (c) Section 225(f) of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 356)
  is amended--
  (1) by striking out `the Vice President of the United States,' in
  subparagraph (A); and
  (2) by inserting `the Vice President of the United States and' before
  `offices' in subparagraph (D).
  SEC. 3. Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
  (2 U.S.C. 31(a)) is amended to read as follows:
  `SEC. 601. (a)(1) Until otherwise provided by law, the annual rate of
  pay for--
  `(A) each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and Delegate to
  the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico,
  `(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader and the
  minority leader of the Senate, and the majority leader and the minority
  leader of the House of Representatives, and
  `(C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
shall be the rate payable for such positions, respectively, on the date of
the enactment of the Congressional Salary Act of 1989.
  `(2) Any law increasing any rate of pay referred to in paragraph (1) shall
  not take effect before the first day of the Congress following the Congress
  during which such law is enacted. For purposes of this paragraph, the
  period, in any even-numbered calendar year occurring during any Congress,
  which begins on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November of
  such year and which ends at noon on the following January third shall be
  considered as occurring during the first session of the following Congress.'.
  SEC. 4. This Act; and the amendments made by this Act; shall take effect
  on the date of enactment of this Act.