,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ae1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,forbes introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for rates of pay for ,members of
 ,congress to be adjusted as a function 
of changes in ,government spending4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,congressional ,accountability ,pay
 ,act4  #b4 ,change in method for       
adjusting pay ,section #fja7;a7 of the  
,legislative ,reorganization ,act of    
#aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ca7 is amended to  
read as follows3  #fja4 7a7 7#a7 ,this  
subsection applies with respect to--    
7,a7 each ,senator1 ,member of the      

,house of ,representatives1 and         
,delegate to the ,house of              
,representatives1 and the ,resident     
,commissioner from ,puerto ,rico1  7,b7 
the ,president pro tempore of the       
,senate1 the majority leader and the    
minority leader of the ,senate1 and the 
majority leader and the minority leader 
of the ,house of ,representatives1 and  
7,c7 the ,speaker of the ,house of      
,representatives4  7#b7 ,whenever       
outlays for any fiscal year are greater 
than outlays for the preceding fiscal   
year1 then1 effective as of the first   
day of the first applicable pay period  
beginning on or after ,january #a of the
 calendar year next beginning after the 
close of the second of those #b fiscal  
years1 the rate of pay for each position
 under paragraph 7#a7 shall be decreased
 by the percentage 7rounded to the      
nearest #a_/aj of #a percent7 equal to  
the percentage by which outlays for the 
second of those #b fiscal years are     
greater than outlays for the first of   

those #b fiscal years1 but in no event  
below #a4  7#c7 ,the ,congressional     
,budget ,office shall prescribe any     
regulations necessary to carry out this 
subsection1 including regulations       
governing the determination of total    
outlays for a fiscal year4  7#d7 ,for   
purposes of this subsection1 the term   
outlays means budget outlays1 as defined
 by section #c of the ,congressional    
,budget and ,impoundment ,control ,act  
of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fbb74  7#e7     
,this subsection shall apply for        
purposes of determining rates of pay for
 pay periods beginning on or after      
,january #a1 #bjae4  4  #c4             
,coordination rule  7a7 ,in general     
,section #bbe7l77#c7 of the ,federal    
,salary ,act of #aifg 7#b ,u4,s4,c4     
#cfb7c77 is amended by adding at the end
 the following3  7,c7 ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of this subsection1 
in the case of a position referred to in
 section #fja7;a7 of the ,legislative   
,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b       

,u4,s4,c4 #ca71 no recommendation       
referred to in this subsection 7in the  
matter before paragraph 7#a77 may be    
made which1 if enacted1 would cause the 
rate of pay for any such position to    
differ from the rate of pay which would1
 as of any given time1 then be payable  
with respect to such position under such
 section #fja7;a74  4  7b7 ,exclusion of
 judges ,section #bbe7l77#c77;,a7 of    
such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #cfb7c77;,a77 is
 further amended--  7#a7 in clause 7i71 
by striking all that follows recommended
 for and inserting the ,speaker of the  
,house of ,representatives and the ,vice
 ,president of the ,united ,states1     
respectively1 shall be equal42 and  7#b7
 in clause 7iii71 by striking all that  
follows a ,delegate to the ,house of    
,representatives1 and that precedes and 
each office or position under section   
#ecac of title #e4