[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2372 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2372

 To reduce the amount otherwise available for the payment of salaries 
  and expenses of the Budget Committee and the Office of the Majority 
Leader of a House of Congress if that House does not adopt a concurrent 
         resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011 or 2012.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2011

Ms. Buerkle (for herself, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. 
Issa, and Mr. Chabot) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reduce the amount otherwise available for the payment of salaries 
  and expenses of the Budget Committee and the Office of the Majority 
Leader of a House of Congress if that House does not adopt a concurrent 
         resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011 or 2012.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Just Do Your Job Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) It is the responsibility of each House of Congress to 
        adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget in compliance with 
        the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
            (2) It is the responsibility of the House Majority Leader 
        to schedule legislation in the House of Representatives.
            (3) It is the responsibility of the Senate Majority Leader 
        to schedule legislation in the Senate.
            (4) The House adopted House Concurrent Resolution 34, the 
        budget resolution for fiscal year 2012, on April 15, 2011, by a 
        vote of 235-193.
            (5) The Senate rejected House Concurrent Resolution 34 on 
        May 25, 2011, by a vote of 40-57.
            (6) The Senate rejected Senate Concurrent Resolution 18, 
        reflecting the budget submitted by President Obama for fiscal 
        year 2012, on May 25, 2011, by a vote of 0-97.
            (7) The Senate last adopted a budget resolution in 
        compliance with the requirements of the Congressional Budget 
        Act of 1974 on April 29, 2009, when it passed Senate Concurrent 
        Resolution 13, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2010, by a 
        vote of 53-43.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN OFFICES 
              UNLESS BUDGET RESOLUTION ADOPTED.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Division B of Public Law 112-10), 
during the portion of fiscal year 2011 that occurs after the date of 
the enactment of this Act--
            (1) no payment may be made for the salaries and expenses of 
        the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives 
        and Senate; and
            (2) the amount otherwise made available for the salaries 
        and expenses of the Offices of the Majority Leaders of the 
        House of Representatives and Senate shall each be reduced by 
        $1,000,000.
    (b) Exception.--If a House of Congress has adopted a concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011 or fiscal year 2012 that 
complies with section 301(a)(1-7) and section 301(e)(2)(A-F) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, subsection (a) shall not apply to the 
Committee on the Budget or the Office of the Majority Leader of that 
House.
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