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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 325 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 325

  To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the 
  United States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2013

   Mr. Camp (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Michigan) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
  To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the 
  United States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING.

    (a) Suspension.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and ending on May 18, 2013.
    (b) Special Rule Relating to Obligations Issued During Suspension 
Period.--Effective May 19, 2013, the limitation in section 3101(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, as increased by section 3101A of such 
title, is increased to the extent that--
            (1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31 
        of such title and the face amount of obligations whose 
        principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States 
        Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary 
        of the Treasury) outstanding on May 19, 2013, exceeds
            (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
An obligation shall not be taken into account under paragraph (1) 
unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary to fund a 
commitment incurred by the Federal Government that required payment 
before May 19, 2013.

SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN ESCROW UPON FAILURE 
              TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.

    (a) Holding Salaries in Escrow.--
            (1) In general.--If by April 15, 2013, a House of Congress 
        has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
        fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974, 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, 
        the period described in this paragraph is the period which 
        begins on April 16, 2013, and ends on the earlier of--
                    (A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees 
                to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
                year 2014 pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional 
                Budget Act of 1974; or
                    (B) the last day of the One Hundred Thirteenth 
                Congress.
            (3) 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 paragraph (1) that would 
        apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to 
        paragraph (1).
            (4) Release of amounts at end of the congress.--In order to 
        ensure that this section is carried out in a manner that shall 
        not vary the compensation of Senators or Representatives in 
        violation of 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 One Hundred 
        Thirteenth Congress.
            (5) 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.
    (b) Treatment of Delegates as Members.--In this section, the term 
``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress.
    (c) Payroll Administrator Defined.--In this section, the ``payroll 
administrator'' of a House of Congress means--
            (1) 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
            (2) 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.
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