,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,loebsack 7for himself and ,mrs4   
,kirkpatrick7 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 rate of pay for ,members of  
,congress by #aj percent and to         
eliminate automatic pay adjustments for 
,members4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,congressional ,halt
 in ,pay ,increases and ,cut            
,congressional ,pay ,act4  #b4          
,reduction in pay  7a7 ,in general      
,section #fja7;a7 of the ,legislative   
,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #ca7 is amended to read as    

follows3  #fja4 7a7 ,effective as of the
 beginning of the first applicable pay  
period commencing after the date on     
which is held the next regularly        
scheduled general election for ,federal 
office following the date of the        
enactment of the ,congressional ,halt in
 ,pay ,increases and ,cut ,congressional
 ,pay ,act1 the annual rate of pay for--
  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      
,representatives1  shall be equal to the
 annual rate of pay for that position as
 of the date on which such general      
election is held1 reduced by #aj        
percent4  4  7b7 ,effective date        

,subsection 7a7 shall take effect as of 
the date on which is held the next      
regularly scheduled general election for
 ,federal office following the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4