113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 325 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Pay 

3 Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING. 

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

6 United States Code, shall not apply for the period begin7 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

8 on May 18, 2013. 

9 (b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

10 ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective May 

11 19, 2013, the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, 

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

13 title, is increased to the extent that— 

14 (1) the face amount of obligations issued under 

15 chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obli16 gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 

17 by the United States Government (except guaran18 teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas19 ury) outstanding on May 19, 2013, exceeds 

20 (2) the face amount of such obligations out21 standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 An obligation shall not be taken into account under para23 graph (1) unless the issuance of such obligation was nec24 essary to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Gov25 ernment that required payment before May 19, 2013. 
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1 SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 

2 ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDG3 ET RESOLUTION. 

4 (a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— 

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

6 House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent 

7 resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursu8 ant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 

9 of 1974, during the period described in paragraph 

10 (2) the payroll administrator of that House of Con11 gress shall deposit in an escrow account all pay12 ments otherwise required to be made during such 

13 period for the compensation of Members of Congress 

14 who serve in that House of Congress, and shall re15 lease such payments to such Members only upon the 

16 expiration of such period. 

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

18 House of Congress, the period described in this 

19 paragraph is the period which begins on April 16, 

20 2013, and ends on the earlier of— 

21 (A) the day on which the House of Con22 gress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the 

23 budget for fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 

24 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 

25 or 
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1 (B) the last day of the One Hundred Thir2 teenth Congress. 

3 (3) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF

4 AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The 

5 payroll administrator shall provide for the same 

6 withholding and remittance with respect to a pay7 ment deposited in an escrow account under para8 graph (1) that would apply to the payment if the 

9 payment were not subject to paragraph (1). 

10 (4) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE

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

12 carried out in a manner that shall not vary the com13 pensation of Senators or Representatives in violation 

14 of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the 

15 Constitution of the United States, the payroll ad16 ministrator of a House of Congress shall release for 

17 payments to Members of that House of Congress 

18 any amounts remaining in any escrow account under 

19 this section on the last day of the One Hundred 

20 Thirteenth Congress. 

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

22 The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay23 roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 

24 such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 

25 payroll administrators to carry out this section. 
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1 (b) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS.—In 

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

3 Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

4 (c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 

5 section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con6 gress means— 

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

8 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 

9 Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 

10 Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 

11 the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 

12 section; and 

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

14 the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec15 retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec16 retary to carry out this section. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
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