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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8305 

To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid if Congress has 

not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the 

regular appropriations bills on a timely basis, to eliminate automatic 

pay adjustments for Members of Congress, to prohibit the use of funds 

provided for the official travel expenses of Members of Congress and 

other officers and employees of the legislative branch for first-class airline 

accommodations, to establish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former Members of Congress, to prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives of measures lacking demonstrable bipartisan support, to prohibit 

the consideration in the House of Representatives of any legislation 

containing an earmark, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 

Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. TORRES SMALL

of New Mexico, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, 

Mr. ROSE of New York, and Mr. BRINDISI) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 

addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and 

Rules, 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 

A BILL 

To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid 

if Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution 

on the budget and passed the regular appropriations 

bills on a timely basis, to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, to prohibit the use 

of funds provided for the official travel expenses of MemVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Oct 04, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H8305.IH H8305

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bers of Congress and other officers and employees of 

the legislative branch for first-class airline accommodations, to establish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former 

Members of Congress, to prohibit the consideration in 

the House of Representatives of measures lacking demonstrable bipartisan support, to prohibit the consideration 

in the House of Representatives of any legislation containing an earmark, 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 ‘‘Foster Accountability, 

5 Integrity, Trust, and Honor in Congress Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘FAITH in Congress Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF 

8 CONGRESS FOR FAILURE TO AGREE TO 

9 BUDGET RESOLUTION OR PASS REGULAR AP10 PROPRIATIONS BILLS ON TIMELY BASIS. 

11 (a) FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.— 

12 (1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by April 

13 15 of any calendar year occurring during a Congress 

14 (beginning with the One Hundred Seventeenth Con15 gress), both Houses of Congress have not agreed to 

16 a concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 

17 section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

18 1974 for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 

19 of that year, no Member of Congress may receive 


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1 compensation with respect to the period described in 

2 paragraph (2). 

3 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

4 in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 

5 16 of the calendar year and ends on the day on 

6 which both Houses of Congress agree to a concur7 rent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 

8 which begins on October 1 of that year. 

9 (b) FAILURE TO PASS REGULAR APPROPRIATION

10 BILLS.— 

11 (1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by Sep12 tember 30 of any calendar year occurring during a 

13 Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Seven14 teenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not 

15 passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the 

16 fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year, 

17 no Member of Congress may receive compensation 

18 with respect to the period described in paragraph 

19 (2). 

20 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

21 in this paragraph is the period which begins on Oc22 tober 1 of the calendar year and ends on the first 

23 day by which both Houses of Congress have passed 

24 each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal 

25 year which begins on October 1 of that year. 


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1 (3) REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILL DE2 FINED.—The term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ 

3 means any annual appropriation bill which, with re4 spect to the Congress involved, is under the jurisdic5 tion of a single subcommittee of the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 (pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representa8 tives for that Congress) and a single subcommittee 

9 of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

10 (pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate). 

11 (c) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS; EX12 CLUSION OF VICE PRESIDENT.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a Delegate or Resident 

14 Commissioner to the Congress but does not include the 

15 Vice President. 

16 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS 

17 FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) 

19 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 

20 4501(2)) is repealed. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 601(a)(1) 

22 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 4501) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’; 


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1 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 

2 and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (3) by striking ‘‘, as adjusted by paragraph (2) 

5 of this subsection’’. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend7 ments made by this section shall take effect December 31, 

8 2020. 

9 SEC. 4. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAV10 EL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 

11 AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FOR 

12 AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 

13 COACH-CLASS. 

14 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 

15 (b), no funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 

16 the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or 

17 other officer or employee of any office in the legislative 

18 branch may be used for airline accommodations which are 

19 not coach-class accommodations. 

20 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds described in subsection (a) 

21 may be used for airline accommodations which are not 

22 coach-class accommodations for an individual described in 

23 subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommoda24 tions would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 

25 through 301–10.125 of title 41 of the Code of Federal 


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1 Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agen2 cy which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. 

3 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec4 tion may be construed to affect any officer or employee 

5 of an office of the legislative branch which, as of the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, is subject to chapter 301 

7 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

8 (d) DEFINITIONS.— 

9 (1) COACH-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS.—In this 

10 section, the term ‘‘coach-class accommodations’’ 

11 means the basic class of accommodation by airlines 

12 that is normally the lowest fare offered regardless of 

13 airline terminology used, and (as referred to by air14 lines) may include tourist class or economy class, as 

15 well as single class when the airline offers only one 

16 class of accommodations to all travelers. 

17 (2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—In this section, 

18 the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a Senator or 

19 a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com20 missioner to, the Congress. 

21 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

22 respect to fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 


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1 SEC. 5. PROHIBITING FORMER MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 

2 OF CONGRESS FROM LOBBYING CONGRESS. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 207(e)(1) of title 18, 

4 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICERS OF

6 CONGRESS.—Any person who is a Senator, a Mem7 ber of the House of Representatives, or an elected 

8 officer of the Senate or the House of Representa9 tives and who, after that person leaves office, know10 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com11 munication to or appearance before any Member, of12 ficer, or employee of either House of Congress or 

13 any employee of any other legislative office of the 

14 Congress, on behalf of any other person (except the 

15 United States) in connection with any matter on 

16 which such former Senator, Member, or elected offi17 cial seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 

18 of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca19 pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 

20 of this title.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 207(e)(2) 

22 of such title is amended— 

23 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFICERS AND

24 STAFF’’ and inserting ‘‘STAFF’’; 

25 (2) by striking ‘‘an elected officer of the Senate, 

26 or’’; 


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1 (3) by striking ‘‘leaves office or employment’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘leaves employment’’; and 

3 (4) by striking ‘‘former elected officer or’’. 

4 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

5 this section shall apply with respect to an individual who 

6 leaves office on or after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 SEC. 6. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP9 RESENTATIVES OF MEASURES LACKING DE10 MONSTRABLE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. 

11 (a) AMENDMENT TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP12 RESENTATIVES.—Rule XIV of the Rules of the House of 

13 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing new clause: 

15 ‘‘(7) It shall not be in order in the House of 

16 Representatives or in the Committee on the Whole 

17 House on the State of the Union to consider a bill, 

18 joint resolution, resolution, or conference report un19 less the measure involved has demonstrable bipar20 tisan support in the form in which it is to be consid21 ered.’’. 

22 (b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING MAJORITY

23 PARTY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.—It is the sense 

24 of the House of Representatives that the majority party 

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1 dures applicable to the consideration of measures by the 

2 House are consistent with the requirements of clause 7 

3 of rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 

4 (as added by subsection (a)). 

5 (c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—The pro6 visions of this section are enacted— 

7 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

8 the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 

9 be considered as part of the rules of the House, and 

10 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex11 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

12 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

13 right of the House of Representatives to change 

14 such rules (so far as relating to the House) at any 

15 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

16 as in the case of any other rule of the House. 

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