Honor Your Oath Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7180 To reduce the annual rate of pay during a succeeding Congress of Members of the House of Representatives who cast a vote or record their presence in the House by proxy during a Congress, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 11, 2020 Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. BUDD, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently de- termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To reduce the annual rate of pay during a succeeding Con- gress of Members of the House of Representatives who cast a vote or record their presence in the House by proxy during a Congress, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honor Your Oath 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Jun 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7180.IH H7180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7180 IH SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PAY OF MEMBERS WHO VOTE BY 1 PROXY. 2 (a) REDUCTION DURING NEXT CONGRESS.—If on 3 any day during a Congress an individual who serves as 4 a Member of the House of Representatives uses a des- 5 ignated proxy to cast a vote in the House or to record 6 the Member’s presence in the House in response to a 7 quorum call, the annual rate of pay applicable under sec- 8 tion 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 9 (2 U.S.C. 4501) with respect to such individual for each 10 pay period occurring during the next Congress during 11 which the individual serves as a Member of the House of 12 Representatives shall be equal to $1. 13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DONATION OF 14 SALARY TO CHARITY OR USE FOR DEFICIT REDUC- 15 TION.—It is the sense of Congress that any individual 16 whose annual rate of pay is equal to $1 pursuant to sub- 17 section (a) should donate that pay to a charitable organi- 18 zation or return it to the Treasury for purposes of deficit 19 reduction. 20 (c) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS.—In 21 this section, the term ‘‘Member of the House of Represent- 22 atives’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 23 the Congress. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Jun 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7180.IH H7180 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS