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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Do Your Job Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 

2 ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO VOTE ON REG3 ULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

4 (a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—If by October 1 of any cal6 endar year (beginning with 2016), a House of Con7 gress has not considered (in a manner meeting the 

8 conditions set forth in paragraph (2), in the case of 

9 the House of Representatives) and held a vote on 

10 final passage of each of the regular appropriation 

11 bills for the fiscal year which begins on that date, 

12 during the period described in subsection (b) the 

13 payroll administrator of that House of Congress 

14 shall deposit in an escrow account all payments oth15 erwise required to be made during such period for 

16 the compensation of Members of Congress who serve 

17 in that House of Congress, and shall release such 

18 payments to such Members only upon the expiration 

19 of such period. 

20 (2) CONDITIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF

21 BILLS.—The House of Representatives meets the 

22 conditions set forth in this paragraph for the consid23 eration of a regular appropriation bill if Members 

24 are permitted to offer amendments to the bill in ei25 ther the House or in the Committee of the Whole 

26 House on the State of the Union. 


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1 (b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a House 

2 of Congress and a calendar year, the period described in 

3 this paragraph is the period which begins on October 1 

4 of the calendar year and ends on the earlier of— 

5 (1) the first day by which the House of Con6 gress has held a vote on final passage of each of the 

7 regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which 

8 begins on that date; or 

9 (2) the last day of the Congress during which 

10 that calendar year occurs. 

11 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF ESCROW. 

12 (a) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS

13 FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The payroll admin14 istrator of a House of Congress shall provide for the same 

15 withholding and remittance with respect to a payment de16 posited in an escrow account under section 2 that would 

17 apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to 

18 such section. 

19 (b) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The 

20 Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll admin21 istrators of the Houses of Congress with such assistance 

22 as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrators 

23 to carry out this Act. 


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

2 In order to ensure that this Act is carried out in a 

3 manner consistent with the twenty-seventh article of 

4 amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the 

5 payroll administrator of a House of Congress shall release 

6 for payments to Members of that House of Congress any 

7 amounts remaining in any escrow account under this Act 

8 on the last day of the Congress during which the amounts 

9 were deposited in such account. 

10 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act— 

12 (1) the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or 

13 Resident Commissioner to the Congress; 

14 (2) the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of 

15 Congress means— 

16 (A) in the case of the House of Represent17 atives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

18 House of Representatives, or an employee of 

19 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 

20 who is designated by the Chief Administrative 

21 Officer to carry out this Act; and 

22 (B) in the case of the Senate, the Sec23 retary of the Senate, or an employee of the Of24 fice of the Secretary of the Senate who is des25 ignated by the Secretary to carry out this Act; 

26 and 


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1 (3) the term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ means 

2 any annual appropriation bill which, with respect to 

3 the Congress involved, is under the jurisdiction of a 

4 single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria5 tions of the House of Representatives (pursuant to 

6 the Rules of the House of Representatives for that 

7 Congress) and a single subcommittee of the Com8 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate (pursuant to 

9 the Standing Rules of the Senate). 

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