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[H.R. 325 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.325

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen


                                 An Act


 
  To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the 
  United States Government until May 19, 2013, 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. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING.
    (a) Suspension.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and ending on May 18, 2013.
    (b) Special Rule Relating to Obligations Issued During Suspension 
Period.--Effective May 19, 2013, the limitation in section 3101(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, as increased by section 3101A of such 
title, is increased to the extent that--
        (1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31 of 
    such title and the face amount of obligations whose principal and 
    interest are guaranteed by the United States Government (except 
    guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) 
    outstanding on May 19, 2013, exceeds
        (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date 
    of the enactment of this Act.
An obligation shall not be taken into account under paragraph (1) 
unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary to fund a 
commitment incurred by the Federal Government that required payment 
before May 19, 2013.
SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN ESCROW UPON FAILURE 
TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.
    (a) Holding Salaries in Escrow.--
        (1) In general.--If by April 15, 2013, a House of Congress has 
    not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
    2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
    1974, during the period described in paragraph (2) the payroll 
    administrator of that House of Congress shall deposit in an escrow 
    account all payments otherwise required to be made during such 
    period for the compensation of Members of Congress who serve in 
    that House of Congress, and shall release such payments to such 
    Members only upon the expiration of such period.
        (2) Period described.--With respect to a House of Congress, the 
    period described in this paragraph is the period which begins on 
    April 16, 2013, and ends on the earlier of--
            (A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees to a 
        concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 
        pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
        1974; or
            (B) the last day of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
        (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) Release of amounts at end of the congress.--In order to 
    ensure that this section is carried out in a manner that shall not 
    vary the compensation of Senators or Representatives in violation 
    of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Constitution of 
    the United States, the payroll administrator of a House of Congress 
    shall release for payments to Members of that House of Congress any 
    amounts remaining in any escrow account under this section on the 
    last day of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
        (5) Role of secretary of the treasury.--The Secretary of the 
    Treasury shall provide the payroll administrators of the Houses of 
    Congress with such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 
    payroll administrators to carry out this section.
    (b) Treatment of Delegates as Members.--In this section, the term 
``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress.
    (c) Payroll Administrator Defined.--In this section, the ``payroll 
administrator'' of a House of Congress means--
        (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, the Chief 
    Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or an 
    employee of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who is 
    designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 
    section; and
        (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, or 
    an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who is 
    designated by the Secretary to carry out this section.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.