[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4486

To hold the salaries of Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the 
House of Congress does not hold a vote on final passage of each regular 
  appropriation bill for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that 
                  fiscal year, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2016

Mr. Wenstrup (for himself, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Massie, and 
 Mr. Flores) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To hold the salaries of Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the 
House of Congress does not hold a vote on final passage of each regular 
  appropriation bill for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that 
                  fiscal year, 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 ``Do Your Job Act''.

SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN ESCROW UPON FAILURE 
              TO VOTE ON REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS.

    (a) Holding Salaries in Escrow.--
            (1) In general.--If by October 1 of any calendar year 
        (beginning with 2016), a House of Congress has not considered 
        (in a manner meeting the conditions set forth in paragraph (2), 
        in the case of the House of Representatives) and held a vote on 
        final passage of each of the regular appropriation bills for 
        the fiscal year which begins on that date, during the period 
        described in subsection (b) 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) Conditions for consideration of bills.--The House of 
        Representatives meets the conditions set forth in this 
        paragraph for the consideration of a regular appropriation bill 
        if Members are permitted to offer amendments to the bill in 
        either the House or in the Committee of the Whole House on the 
        State of the Union.
    (b) Period Described.--With respect to a House of Congress and a 
calendar year, the period described in this paragraph is the period 
which begins on October 1 of the calendar year and ends on the earlier 
of--
            (1) the first day by which the House of Congress has held a 
        vote on final passage of each of the regular appropriation 
        bills for the fiscal year which begins on that date; or
            (2) the last day of the Congress during which that calendar 
        year occurs.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF ESCROW.

    (a) Withholding and Remittance of Amounts From Payments Held in 
Escrow.--The payroll administrator of a House of Congress shall provide 
for the same withholding and remittance with respect to a payment 
deposited in an escrow account under section 2 that would apply to the 
payment if the payment were not subject to such section.
    (b) 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 Act.

SEC. 4. RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF A CONGRESS.

    In order to ensure that this Act is carried out in a manner 
consistent with 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 Act on 
the last day of the Congress during which the amounts were deposited in 
such account.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to the Congress;
            (2) the ``payroll administrator'' of a House of Congress 
        means--
                    (A) 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 Act; and
                    (B) 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 Act; and
            (3) the term ``regular appropriation bill'' means any 
        annual appropriation bill which, with respect to the Congress 
        involved, is under the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee of 
        the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        (pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives for that 
        Congress) and a single subcommittee of the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate (pursuant to the Standing Rules of 
        the Senate).
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