,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #a1        
#bjag,mr4 ,blum 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 that the rates of pay for       
,members of ,congress shall be reduced  
following any fiscal year in which there
 is a ,federal deficit4  #a4 ,short     
,title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,fiscal ,responsibility ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,definitions ,for the purpose of    
this ,act--  7#a7 a 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 7as determined under section
 #c7;d772 and  7#b7 the term ,member of 
,congress or ,member means an individual
 serving in a position referred to in   
section #fja7;a77#a7 of the ,legislative
 ,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b      
,u4,s4,c4 #deja7a774  #c4 ,effect of a  
deficit  7a7 ,in general                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if there is a deficit in a fiscal  
year1 then-- 7#a7 any pay adjustment for
 ,members of ,congress scheduled to take
 effect under section #fja7;a7 of the   
,legislative ,reorganization ,act of    
#aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #deja7 in the       
succeeding calendar year shall be null  
and void2 and  7#b7 effective as of the 
first day of the first pay period       
beginning in that succeeding calendar   
year1 rates of basic pay for ,members of
 ,congress shall be reduced 7from the   
rate in effect as of the day before the 
start of such succeeding calendar year7 
by the amount determined under          
subsection 7b71 but not below zero4  7b7

 ,reductions required ,the reduction    
required under this subsection is as    
follows3 7#a7 ,if the reduction is to   
take effect in a calendar year that does
 not immediately follow another calendar
 year in which a reduction under this   
section was made1 the reduction amount  
shall be equal to #e percent of the rate
 of basic pay last in effect before such
 reduction is made4  7#b7 ,if the       
reduction is to take effect in a        
calendar year that immediately follows  
another calendar year in which a        
reduction under this section was made1  
the reduction amount shall be equal to  
#aj percent of the rate of basic pay    
last in effect before the most recent   
reduction under paragraph 7#a7 was made4
  7c7 ,conditions for restoration ,if1  
following one or more years in which    
,members' pay is reduced under this     
,act1 there occurs a fiscal year in     
which there is no deficit1 then1        
effective as of the first day of the    
first pay period in the succeeding      

calendar year 7and until another deficit
 triggering the preceding provisions of 
this section occurs7--  7#a7 rates of   
basic pay for ,members shall be restored
 to the highest rate that was at any    
time previously payable for the office  
involved2 and  7#b7 pay adjustments     
scheduled to take effect on or after    
such first day under the provision of   
law referred to in subsection 7a77#a7   
shall be effective4  7d7 ,determinations
 ,determinations of whether or not a    
deficit exists in any fiscal year shall1
 for purposes of this ,act1 be made by  
the ,director of the ,congressional     
,budget ,office4 ,in making any such    
determination1 the ,director shall      
exclude any budget outlays resulting    
from a formal declaration of war by     
,congress4  #d4 ,effective date ,this   
,act shall take effect on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 except that 
no determination under section #c7;d7   
shall be made with respect to any fiscal
 year before fiscal year #bjah4