To provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.

Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to specify that pay adjustments for Members of Congress shall become effective at the beginning of the Congress following the Congress during which such adjustment is approved. 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.

 
HR 384 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 384
To provide that increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House
of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of
the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.
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 increases in the rate of compensation for Members of the House
of Representatives and the Senate shall not take effect until the start of
the Congress following the Congress in which such increases are approved.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
  of America in Congress assembled, That (a) paragraph (2) of section 601(a)
  of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31), relating to
  congressional salary adjustment, is amended by striking out `Effective at
  the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the
  first day of the month in which' and inserting in lieu thereof `Effective
  at the beginning of the Congress following any Congress during which'.
  (b) Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
  U.S.C. 31), relating to congressional salaries, is amended by adding at
  the end thereof the following new paragraphs:
  `(3) Any increase in the rate of pay payable for positions referred to in
  paragraph (1) occurring because of--
  `(A) the lapse or adjustment of any limitation on the availability of
  appropriated funds, or
  `(B) an adjustment to such rates by or under any law enacted after the
  date of the enactment of this paragraph,
shall take effect at the beginning of the Congress following the Congress
during which the lapse or adjustment of such appropriation limitation
occurred or such law was enacted, as the case may be. Such an appropriation
limitation or law shall not be considered to supersede this paragraph
unless it specifically refers to this paragraph and expressly states that
it supersedes this paragraph.
  `(4) Adjustments in the rates of pay for positions referred to in paragraph
  (1) occurring under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2
  U.S.C. 351-361) shall take effect (notwithstanding subsection (i) of such
  section) at the beginning of the Congress following the Congress during
  which such rates of pay were approved by the Congress under subsection
  (i) of such section (or, if later, the date prescribed by the President
  under subsection (i)(2)(A) of such section).
  `(5) For purposes of this section, the period, during any even-numbered
  year of 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 3 shall be considered as occurring during the first session of
  the following Congress.'.
  SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on the date of the
  enactment of this Act.