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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1082 

To provide that compensation of the President shall be held in escrow upon 

failure to submit his budget in a timely manner. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2013 

Mr. BUCSHON (for himself, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. MEADOWS, and Mr. BENISHEK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To provide that compensation of the President shall be held 

in escrow upon failure to submit his budget in a timely 

manner. 

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 ‘‘President’s Salary Sus5 pended Unless Budget Measure Is On Time Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘President’s Salary SUBMIT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HOLDING COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT IN 

2 ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO SUBMIT HIS 

3 BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER. 

4 (a) HOLDING COMPENSATION IN ESCROW.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub6 section (b), if by the first Monday in February of a 

7 year, the President has not submitted his budget for 

8 the succeeding fiscal year pursuant to section 300 of 

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the payroll 

10 administrator shall deposit in an escrow account all 

11 payments otherwise required to be made during the 

12 period described in paragraph (2) for the compensa13 tion of the President, and shall release such pay14 ments to the President only upon the expiration of 

15 such period. 

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

17 budget due by the first Monday in February of a 

18 year, the period described in this paragraph is the 

19 period which begins on the day after such first Mon20 day, and ends on the earlier of— 

21 (A) the day on which the President sub22 mits the budget which was so due; or 

23 (B) the last day of the term of office of the 

24 President in which such first Monday occurs. 

25 (3) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF

26 AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The 


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1 payroll administrator shall provide for the same 

2 withholding and remittance with respect to a pay3 ment deposited in an escrow account under para4 graph (1) that would apply to the payment if the 

5 payment were not subject to paragraph (1). 

6 (4) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 

7 The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay8 roll administrator with such assistance as may be 

9 necessary to enable the payroll administrator to 

10 carry out this section. 

11 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 

12 in the case of a budget which, pursuant to section 300 

13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, is required to 

14 be submitted by the President within 30 days after— 

15 (1) the commencement date of the term for 

16 which the President is elected; or 

17 (2) the date as of which a successor fills a va18 cancy in the office of the President which resulted 

19 from— 

20 (A) the removal of the President from of21 fice; or 

22 (B) his death, resignation, or inability to 

23 discharge the powers and duties of the office of 

24 President. 

25 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘compensation’’, as used with re2 spect to the President, means the compensation re3 ceived by the President under section 102 of title 3, 

4 United States Code; and 

5 (2) the term ‘‘payroll administrator’’ means the 

6 administrator responsible for the disbursement of 

7 the compensation of the President. 

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