[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 141 (Thursday, October 10, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7386-S7387]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2000. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1569, to ensure the complete and timely payment of 
the obligations of the United States Government until December 31, 
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. NO BUDGET, NO PAY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``No 
     Budget, No Pay Act''.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Member of 
     Congress''--
       (1) has the meaning given under section 2106 of title 5, 
     United States Code; and
       (2) does not include the Vice President.
       (c) Timely Approval of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
     and the Appropriations Bills.--If both Houses of Congress 
     have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget as 
     described under section 301 of the Congressional Budget and 
     Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for a fiscal 
     year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed 
     all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year 
     before October 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member 
     of Congress may not be paid for each day following that 
     October 1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress 
     approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal 
     year and all the regular appropriations bills.
       (d) No Pay Without Concurrent Resolution on the Budget and 
     the Appropriations Bills.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise be made 
     available from the Treasury of the United States for the pay 
     of any Member of Congress during any period determined by the 
     Chairmen of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate or the Chairmen of the Committee 
     on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives under subsection (e).
       (2) No retroactive pay.--A Member of Congress may not 
     receive pay for any period determined by the Chairmen of the 
     Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the Senate or the Chairmen of the Committee on the Budget 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives under subsection (e), at any time after the 
     end of that period.
       (e) Determinations.--
       (1) Senate.--
       (A) Request for certifications.--On October 1 of each year, 
     the Secretary of the Senate shall submit a request to the 
     Chairmen of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate for certification of 
     determinations made under subparagraph (B) (i) and (ii).
       (B) Determinations.--The Chairmen of the Committee on the 
     Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     shall--
       (i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of 
     whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (c) and 
     whether Senators may not be paid under that subsection;

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       (ii) determine the period of days following each October 1 
     that Senators may not be paid under subsection (c); and
       (iii) provide timely certification of the determinations 
     under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Secretary 
     of the Senate.
       (2) House of representatives.--
       (A) Request for certifications.--On October 1 of each year, 
     the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives shall submit a request to the Chairmen of the 
     Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives for certification of 
     determinations made under subparagraph (B) (i) and (ii).
       (B) Determinations.--The Chairmen of the Committee on the 
     Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives shall--
       (i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of 
     whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (c) and 
     whether Members of the House of Representatives may not be 
     paid under that subsection;
       (ii) determine the period of days following each October 1 
     that Members of the House of Representatives may not be paid 
     under subsection (c); and
       (iii) provide timely certification of the determinations 
     under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
     February 1, 2015.
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  SA 2001. Mr. REID (for Mr. Carper (for himself and Mr. Coburn)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1276, to increase oversight of the 
Revolving Fund of the Office of Personnel Management; as follows:

       Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to increase 
     oversight of the Revolving Fund of the Office of Personnel 
     Management.''.
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  SA 2002. Mr. REID (for Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment to the 
concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 58, expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the need for the continued availability of religious services 
to members of the Armed Forces and their families during a lapse in 
appropriations; as follows:

       On page 2, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 
     3, line 2, and insert the following:
       (1) finds that the provision and availability of religious 
     services and clergy is important to the morale and wellbeing 
     of many members of the Armed Forces and their families; and
       (2) hopes the Secretary of Defense is able to determine 
     that contractor clergy provide necessary support to military 
     personnel, and would therefore be covered under the 
     appropriations made available under the Pay Our Military Act 
     (Public Law 113-39).
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  SA 2003. Mr. REID (for Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment to the 
concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 58, expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the need for the continued availability of religious services 
to members of the Armed Forces and their families during a lapse in 
appropriations; as follows:

       Strike the preamble and insert the following:
       Whereas the Department of Defense determined that some 
     contractor clergy, like other Department of Defense 
     contractors, were unable to perform their contractual duties 
     during the current lapse in appropriations;
       Whereas this determination may have impacted the ability of 
     members of the Armed Forces and their families to worship and 
     participate in religious activities;
       Whereas military chaplains on active duty, like all 
     military personnel on active duty, continue to perform their 
     duties during the current lapse in appropriations;
       Whereas the Department continues to analyze its authorities 
     under the Pay Our Military Act (Public Law 113-39) with 
     respect to contractors; and
       Whereas the Pay Our Military Act appropriates such sums as 
     are necessary to pay contractors of the Department whom the 
     Secretary of Defense determines are providing support to 
     members of the Armed Forces: Now, therefore, be it

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