,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #d1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,nelson 7for himself and ,mrs4     
,mc,caskill7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,budget  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require that the salaries of
 ,members of ,congress be sequestered   
during any sequester under the ,balanced
 ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit        
,control ,act of #aihe4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,sequester for ,congressional ,pay and  
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,sequestering
 the pay of members of congress  7a7    
,member sequester ,section #bea of the  
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ija7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7d7             
,congressional pay  7#a7 ,definition ,in
 this subsection1 the term furlough     
period means each period--  7,a7        
beginning on the effective date of the  

first furlough of any individual        
employed by the ,federal ,government    
relating to a sequestration order issued
 under this ,act2 and  7,b7 ending on   
the last day of the fiscal year to which
 the sequestration order described in   
subparagraph 7,a7 applies4  7#b7 ,pay   
reduction ,during a furlough period1 the
 pay of each ,member of ,congress shall 
be reduced by the greatest percentage by
 which the pay of an individual employed
 by the ,federal ,government is reduced 
as a result of a furlough relating to   
the sequestration order for that        
furlough period4  4  7b7 ,effective date
  7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided  
in paragraph 7#b71 the amendment made by
 subsection 7a7 shall take effect on the
 date of enactment of this section4     
7#b7 #bgth amendment ,if the application
 of the amendment made by subsection 7a7
 to the pay of ,members of ,congress    
pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 is held to be
 unconstitutional under the ,,xxvii     
,amendment to the ,constitution of the  

,united ,states1 the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect upon   
the convening of the #aadth ,congress4