[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7614 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7614

To prohibit the payment of the salaries of the President and members of 
   the cabinet if the President fails to submit the annual budget to 
Congress before the first Monday in February of any year, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2024

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the payment of the salaries of the President and members of 
   the cabinet if the President fails to submit the annual budget to 
Congress before the first Monday in February of any 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 ``Presidential Budget Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PAY FOR PRESIDENT AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
              OFFICIALS IF PRESIDENT'S BUDGET NOT SUBMITTED ON TIME.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if 
the President does not submit to Congress the budget for any fiscal 
year on or before the first Monday in February of any calendar year as 
required under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, during 
the period described in subsection (b)(2) the President and any senior 
official may not receive any pay. In this subsection, the term ``senior 
official'' means any member of the President's cabinet.
    (b) Escrow for Presidential Pay.--
            (1) In general.--In order to ensure that this section is 
        carried out in a manner that shall not vary the compensation of 
        the President in violation of clause 7 of section 1 of article 
        II of the Constitution of the United States, if by the first 
        Monday in February of any calendar year the President has not 
        submitted the annual budget for the fiscal year beginning on 
        October 1 of that year as required under such section 1105(a), 
        during the period described in paragraph (2) the appropriate 
        payroll administrator shall deposit in an escrow account all 
        payments otherwise required to be made during such period for 
        the compensation of the President, and shall release such 
        payments to the President upon the expiration of such period.
            (2) Period described.--The period described in this 
        paragraph is the period which begins on February 6 of such 
        calendar year and ending on May 6 of such calendar year.
    (c) Application.--This Act shall apply with respect to the 
President's annual budget submission under such section 1105(a) for 
fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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