[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2262 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2262

 To provide that pay may not be disbursed to Members of Congress after 
 October 1 of any fiscal year in which all appropriations acts are not 
              passed by Congress, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 9, 2006

   Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that pay may not be disbursed to Members of Congress after 
 October 1 of any fiscal year in which all appropriations acts are not 
              passed by Congress, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NO DISBURSEMENT OF PAY TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IF 
              APPROPRIATIONS ACTS NOT TIMELY PASSED.

    (a) Restriction on Disbursement of Pay.--
            (1) In general.--If, as of the first day of any fiscal 
        year, Congress has not passed all final appropriations acts 
        necessary to provide appropriations for the entirety of that 
        fiscal year, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief 
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may not 
        disburse net pay to any Member of Congress for any pay period 
        beginning in that fiscal year before the date on which notice 
        is provided under subsection (b)(2) that all such final 
        appropriation acts have been passed.
            (2) Disbursement after passage.--The Secretary of the 
        Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
        Representatives shall disburse all amounts of net pay to 
        Members of Congress not disbursed under paragraph (1) at the 
        same time pay is disbursed for the first pay period beginning 
        after the period to which paragraph (1) applies.
    (b) Notice.--The President pro tempore of the Senate shall provide 
notice to the Secretary of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall provide notice to the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives--
            (1) of any restriction on disbursement of pay under 
        subsection (a)(1), on the first day of the fiscal year to which 
        the restriction applies; and
            (2) of the passage by Congress of all final appropriations 
        acts described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to that fiscal 
        year, on the date that passage occurs.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the authority of the Secretary of the Senate or the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives relating 
to withholdings, deductions, or any other administrative function 
relating to pay as otherwise authorized by law.
    (d) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on January 3, 2007.
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