Getting Government to Work Act of 2014

Summary: Getting Government to Work Act of 2014 - Suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on February 2, 2015. Revises the special rule relating to obligations issued during the suspension period to provide for an increase in the debt limit, effective February 3, 2015, to the extent that: (1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) that are outstanding on February 3, 2015, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act.  Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before February 3, 2015. Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house if by April 15 of any calendar year, beginning with 2015, that house has not agreed to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year. Requires release of such payments to those Members after April 16 of that calendar year only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house agrees to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year, or (2) the last day of the Congress during which that calendar year occurs. Sets forth similar suspension of pay requirements if by July 31 of a calendar year, beginning with 2014, a house of Congress has not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year. Requires release of salary payments to the appropriate Members after August 1 of the calendar year only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house has passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year, or (2) the last day of the Congress during which that calendar year occurs. Requires the payroll administrator of a house of Congress, in order to ensure that this Act is carried out in a manner consistent with the Constitution, to release for payments to Members of that house 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.

OR PASS REGULAR 
              APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

    (a) Failure To Pass Budget Resolution.--
            (1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If by April 15 of any 
        calendar year (beginning with 2015), a House of Congress has 
        not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 
        section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the 
        fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year, 
        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 
        and a calendar year, the period described in this paragraph is 
        the period which begins on April 16 of the calendar year and 
        ends on the earlier of--
                    (A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees 
                to a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal 
                year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year; 
                or
                    (B) the last day of the Congress during which that 
                calendar year occurs.
    (b) Failure To Pass Regular Appropriation Bills.--
            (1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If by July 31 of any 
        calendar year (beginning with 2014), a House of Congress has 
        not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the 
        fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year, 
        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 
        and a calendar year, the period described in this paragraph is 
        the period which begins on August 1 of the calendar year and 
        ends on the earlier of--
                    (A) the first day by which the House of Congress 
                has passed each of the regular appropriation bills for 
                the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that 
                calendar year; or
                    (B) the last day of the Congress during which that 
                calendar year occurs.
            (3) Regular appropriation bill defined.--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).
    (c) Administration of Escrow.--
            (1) 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 subsection (a) or 
        subsection (b) that would apply to the payment if the payment 
        were not subject to such section.
            (2) 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.
    (d) Release of Amounts at End of a Congress.--In order to ensure 
that this section 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 section on the last day of the 
Congress during which the amounts were deposited in such account.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to the Congress; and
            (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 section; 
                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 section.