,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,ms4 ,jenkins 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     
reduce the annual rates of pay for      
,members of ,congress by #bj percent1   
and to prohibit an adjustment in such   
rates during a year unless the ,federal 
,government did not run a deficit in the
 previous fiscal year4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,congressional ,pay ,adjustment ,act4   
#b4 ,reduction in annual rates of pay   
for ,members of ,congress  7a7          
,reduction ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of law1 the annual rate of pay

 for each ,member of ,congress shall be 
equal to--  7#a7 for pay periods        
occurring during #bjae1 the applicable  
rate in effect for pay periods occurring
 during #bjac reduced by #bj percent1   
rounded to the nearest multiple of #ajj 
7or1 if midway between multiples of     
#ajj1 to the next higher multiple of    
#ajj72 and  7#b7 for subsequent pay     
periods1 the applicable rate during     
#bjac1 subject to adjustment under      
paragraph 7#b7 of section #fja7;a7 of   
the ,legislative ,reorganization ,act of
 #aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ca7b774  7b7      
,member of ,congress defined ,for       
purposes of this ,act1 the term ,member 
of ,congress means an individual serving
 in a position under subparagraph 7,a71 
7,b71 or 7,c7 of section #fja7;a7 of the
 ,legislative ,reorganization ,act of   
#aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ca74  #c4          
,prohibiting adjustments in ,member pay 
unless ,federal budget is balanced  7a7 
,restrictions on adjustments            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

law1 no adjustment shall be made under  
section #fja7;a7 of the ,legislative    
,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #ca7 7relating to cost of     
living adjustments for ,members of      
,congress7 during any fiscal year       
7beginning with fiscal year #bjad7      
unless the ,secretary of the ,treasury  
submits a report that a ,federal budget 
deficit did not exist in the previous   
fiscal year1 in accordance with         
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,determination and 
report  7#a7 ,responsibilities of       
,secretary ,not later than #cj days     
after the end of each fiscal year       
7beginning with fiscal year #bjac71 the 
,secretary of the ,treasury shall--     
7,a7 make a determination of whether a  
,federal budget deficit existed in that 
fiscal year2 and  7,b7 submit a report  
of that determination to ,congress4     
7#b7 ,determination of deficit ,for     
purposes of this ,act1 a ,federal budget
 deficit shall be considered to exist in
 a fiscal year if total budget outlays  

of the ,government for such fiscal year 
exceed total revenues of the ,government
 for such fiscal year as of the last day
 of such fiscal year4