To provide that annual pay adjustments for Members of Congress shall not be made in the year immediately following any fiscal year in which a budget deficit exists, and for other purposes.
Balanced Budget Incentive Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to prohibit rates of pay for Members of Congress from being increased, as a result of a cost-of-living adjustment, by a percentage greater than the maximum percentage allowable for a year. Provides that the maximum percentage allowable for a year is the percentage by which benefits under title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act are increased (if at all) effective December 1 of the preceding year pursuant to a cost-of-living or general benefit increase.
Bars annual pay increases for Members of Congress for a calendar year if the Director of the Congressional Budget Office determines that there was a deficit in the U.S. Government budget for the last fiscal year ending before the start of such calendar year.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Government Reform
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on House Oversight, 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.
Referred to House Oversight
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
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