[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1082 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1082

 To provide that compensation of the President shall be held in escrow 
         upon failure to submit his budget in a timely manner.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2013

Mr. Bucshon (for himself, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Meadows, 
and Mr. Benishek) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that compensation of the President shall be held in escrow 
         upon failure to submit his budget in a timely manner.

    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 ``President's Salary Suspended Unless 
Budget Measure Is On Time Act'' or the ``President's Salary SUBMIT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. HOLDING COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT IN ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO 
              SUBMIT HIS BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER.

    (a) Holding Compensation in Escrow.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b), if 
        by the first Monday in February of a year, the President has 
        not submitted his budget for the succeeding fiscal year 
        pursuant to section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974, the payroll administrator shall deposit in an escrow 
        account all payments otherwise required to be made during the 
        period described in paragraph (2) for the compensation of the 
        President, and shall release such payments to the President 
        only upon the expiration of such period.
            (2) Period described.--With respect to a budget due by the 
        first Monday in February of a year, the period described in 
        this paragraph is the period which begins on the day after such 
        first Monday, and ends on the earlier of--
                    (A) the day on which the President submits the 
                budget which was so due; or
                    (B) the last day of the term of office of the 
                President in which such first Monday occurs.
            (3) Withholding and remittance of amounts from payments 
        held in escrow.--The payroll administrator shall provide for 
        the same withholding and remittance with respect to a payment 
        deposited in an escrow account under paragraph (1) that would 
        apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to 
        paragraph (1).
            (4) Role of secretary of the treasury.--The Secretary of 
        the Treasury shall provide the payroll administrator with such 
        assistance as may be necessary to enable the payroll 
        administrator to carry out this section.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply in the case of a 
budget which, pursuant to section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, is required to be submitted by the President within 30 days 
after--
            (1) the commencement date of the term for which the 
        President is elected; or
            (2) the date as of which a successor fills a vacancy in the 
        office of the President which resulted from--
                    (A) the removal of the President from office; or
                    (B) his death, resignation, or inability to 
                discharge the powers and duties of the office of 
                President.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``compensation'', as used with respect to the 
        President, means the compensation received by the President 
        under section 102 of title 3, United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``payroll administrator'' means the 
        administrator responsible for the disbursement of the 
        compensation of the President.
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