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Calendar No. 7 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 325 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Received; read the first time 

JANUARY 28, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations 

of the United States Government until May 19, 2013, 

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 ‘‘No Budget, No Pay 

5 Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING. 

7 (a) SUSPENSION.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 

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1 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

2 on May 18, 2013. 

3 (b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

4 ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective May 

5 19, 2013, the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, 

6 United States Code, as increased by section 3101A of such 

7 title, is increased to the extent that— 

8 (1) the face amount of obligations issued under 

9 chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obli10 gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 

11 by the United States Government (except guaran12 teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas13 ury) outstanding on May 19, 2013, exceeds 

14 (2) the face amount of such obligations out15 standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 An obligation shall not be taken into account under para17 graph (1) unless the issuance of such obligation was nec18 essary to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Gov19 ernment that required payment before May 19, 2013. 

20 SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 

21 ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDG22 ET RESOLUTION. 

23 (a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—If by April 15, 2013, a 

25 House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent 


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1 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursu2 ant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

3 of 1974, during the period described in paragraph 

4 (2) the payroll administrator of that House of Con5 gress shall deposit in an escrow account all pay6 ments otherwise required to be made during such 

7 period for the compensation of Members of Congress 

8 who serve in that House of Congress, and shall re9 lease such payments to such Members only upon the 

10 expiration of such period. 

11 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a 

12 House of Congress, the period described in this 

13 paragraph is the period which begins on April 16, 

14 2013, and ends on the earlier of— 

15 (A) the day on which the House of Con16 gress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the 

17 budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 

18 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

19 or 

20 (B) the last day of the One Hundred Thir21 teenth Congress. 

22 (3) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF

23 AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The 

24 payroll administrator shall provide for the same 

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1 ment deposited in an escrow account under para2 graph (1) that would apply to the payment if the 

3 payment were not subject to paragraph (1). 

4 (4) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE

5 CONGRESS.—In order to ensure that this section is 

6 carried out in a manner that shall not vary the com7 pensation of Senators or Representatives in violation 

8 of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the 

9 Constitution of the United States, the payroll ad10 ministrator of a House of Congress shall release for 

11 payments to Members of that House of Congress 

12 any amounts remaining in any escrow account under 

13 this section on the last day of the One Hundred 

14 Thirteenth Congress. 

15 (5) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 

16 The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay17 roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 

18 such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 

19 payroll administrators to carry out this section. 

20 (b) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS.—In 

21 this section, the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or 

22 Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

23 (c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 

24 section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con25 gress means— 


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1 (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 

2 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 

3 Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 

4 Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 

5 the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 

6 section; and 

7 (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 

8 the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec9 retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec10 retary to carry out this section. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 

2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 7 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 325 

AN ACT 

To ensure the complete and timely payment of the 

until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes. obligations of the United States Government 

JANUARY 28, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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