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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4799 

To hold the salaries of Members of the House of Representatives in escrow 

if the House does not pass all of the regular appropriation bills for 

a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal year, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2016 

Mr. JOLLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration 

A BILL 

To hold the salaries of Members of the House of Representatives in escrow if the House does not pass all of the 

regular appropriation bills 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 or Don’t 

5 Get Paid Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE IN ES2 CROW UPON FAILURE TO PASS ALL REGULAR 

3 APPROPRIATION BILLS. 

4 (a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If by October 

5 1 of any calendar year (beginning with 2016), the House 

6 of Representatives has not passed all of the regular appro7 priation bills for the fiscal year which begins on that date, 

8 during the period described in subsection (b) the Chief Ad9 ministrative Officer (or an employee of the Office of the 

10 Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by the 

11 Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this Act) shall 

12 deposit in an escrow account all payments otherwise re13 quired to be made during such period for the compensa14 tion of Members of the House, and shall release such pay15 ments to the Members only upon the expiration of such 

16 period. 

17 (b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a calendar 

18 year, the period described in this subsection is the period 

19 which begins on October 1 of the calendar year and ends 

20 on the earlier of— 

21 (1) the first day by which the House of Rep22 resentatives has passed all of the regular appropria23 tion bills for the fiscal year which begins on that 

24 date; or 

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

26 that calendar year occurs. 


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1 (c) PERMITTING PASSAGE OF COMBINATION OF

2 BILLS.—For purposes of this section, the House shall be 

3 considered to have passed all of the regular appropriation 

4 bills for a fiscal year if the House has passed each such 

5 bill individually or in combination with any other such 

6 bills. 

7 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF ESCROW. 

8 (a) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS

9 FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The Chief Admin10 istrative Officer shall provide for the same withholding 

11 and remittance with respect to a payment deposited in an 

12 escrow account under section 2 that would apply to the 

13 payment if the payment were not subject to such section. 

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

15 Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the Chief Adminis16 trative Officer with such assistance as may be necessary 

17 to enable the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 

18 Act. 

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

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

21 manner consistent with the twenty-seventh article of 

22 amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the 

23 Chief Administrative Officer shall release for payments to 

24 Members of the House of Representatives any amounts 

25 remaining in any escrow account under this Act on the 


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1 last day of the Congress during which the amounts were 

2 deposited in such account. 

3 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’ 

6 means the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

7 of Representatives; 

8 (2) the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or 

9 Resident Commissioner to the Congress; and 

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

11 any annual appropriation bill which, with respect to 

12 the Congress involved, is under the jurisdiction of a 

13 single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives (pursuant to 

15 the Rules of the House of Representatives for that 

16 Congress). 

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