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118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 225
To provide that the salaries of Members of a House of Congress will be
held in escrow if that House has not agreed to a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2024 by April 15, 2023.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. W
ITTMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To provide that the salaries of Members of a House of
Congress will be held in escrow if that House has not
agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2024 by April 15, 2023.
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 ‘‘No Budget, No Pay 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 1
ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDG-2
ET RESOLUTION. 3
(a) H
OLDINGSALARIES INESCROW.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If by April 15, 2023, a 5
House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent 6
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2024 pursu-7
ant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 8
of 1974, during the period described in paragraph 9
(2) the payroll administrator of that House of Con-10
gress shall deposit in an escrow account all pay-11
ments otherwise required to be made during such 12
period for the compensation of Members of Congress 13
who serve in that House of Congress, and shall re-14
lease such payments to such Members only upon the 15
expiration of such period. 16
(2) P
ERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a 17
House of Congress, the period described in this 18
paragraph is the period which begins on April 16, 19
2023, and ends on the earlier of— 20
(A) the day on which the House of Con-21
gress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the 22
budget for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 23
301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 24
or 25
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(B) the last day of the One Hundred 1
Eighteenth Congress. 2
(3) W
ITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF 3
AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW .—The 4
payroll administrator shall provide for the same 5
withholding and remittance with respect to a pay-6
ment deposited in an escrow account under para-7
graph (1) that would apply to the payment if the 8
payment were not subject to paragraph (1). 9
(4) R
ELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE 10
CONGRESS.—In order to ensure that this section is 11
carried out in a manner that shall not vary the com-12
pensation of Senators or Representatives in violation 13
of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the 14
Constitution of the United States, the payroll ad-15
ministrator of a House of Congress shall release for 16
payments to Members of that House of Congress 17
any amounts remaining in any escrow account under 18
this section on the last day of the One Hundred 19
Eighteenth Congress. 20
(5) R
OLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY .— 21
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay-22
roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 23
such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 24
payroll administrators to carry out this section. 25
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(b) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES ASMEMBERS.—In 1
this section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a 2
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 3
(c) P
AYROLLADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 4
section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con-5
gress means— 6
(1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 7
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 8
Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 9
Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 10
the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 11
section; and 12
(2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 13
the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec-14
retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec-15
retary to carry out this section. 16
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