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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 397 

To prohibit the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses of the 

offices of Members and committees of Congress and to hold the salaries 

of Members of Congress in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget on or before May 15 of each year, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. LATHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform, 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 prohibit the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses of the offices of Members and committees of 

Congress and to hold the salaries of Members of Congress in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent 

resolution on the budget on or before May 15 of each 

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 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR SALA2 RIES AND EXPENSES OF MEMBER AND COM3 MITTEE OFFICES IF CONGRESS FAILS TO 

4 ADOPT BUDGET RESOLUTION. 

5 (a) SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF OFFICES.— 

6 (1) PROHIBITION.—If on or before May 15 of 

7 any year Congress does not adopt a concurrent reso8 lution on the budget for the fiscal year that begins 

9 on October 1 of that year, no funds may be dis10 bursed for the salaries and expenses (including trav11 el expenses) of any of the offices described in sub12 section (b) until Congress adopts a concurrent reso13 lution on the budget for that fiscal year. 

14 (2) TREATMENT OF MEMBER SALARIES.—Para15 graph (1) does not apply to funds disbursed for the 

16 salary of any Member of Congress, which shall be 

17 subject to escrow in accordance with section 3. 

18 (b) OFFICES DESCRIBED.—The offices described in 

19 this subsection are as follows: 

20 (1) The office of any Member of Congress. 

21 (2) The office of any standing, select, or joint 

22 committee of Congress. 

23 (3) An office of the House of Representatives 

24 for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses 

25 of the office for the year involved is provided under 

26 the heading ‘‘House Leadership Offices’’ in the act 


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1 making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

2 for the fiscal year involved (in addition to any office 

3 of a Member of Congress referred to in paragraph 

4 (1)). 

5 (4) The offices of the President pro Tempore, 

6 Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minor7 ity Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the 

8 Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Commit9 tees of the Senate (in addition to any office of a 

10 Member of Congress referred to in paragraph (1)). 

11 SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 

12 ESCROW IF CONGRESS FAILS TO ADOPT 

13 BUDGET RESOLUTION. 

14 (a) ESCROW.—If on or before May 15 of any year 

15 Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the 

16 budget for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that 

17 year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit all pay18 ments otherwise required to be made for the compensation 

19 of Members of Congress in an escrow account, and shall 

20 release such payments to the Members only upon the 

21 adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on the 

22 budget for that fiscal year. 

23 (b) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS

24 FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The Secretary of 

25 the Treasury shall provide for the same withholding and 


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1 remittance with respect to a payment deposited in an es2 crow account under subsection (a) that would apply to the 

3 payment if the payment were not subject to subsection (a). 

4 (c) COORDINATION WITH HOUSE AND SENATE.— 

5 The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into such agree6 ments with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate as may 

8 be necessary to carry out this section. 

9 SEC. 4. MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED. 

10 In this Act, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means 

11 an individual serving in a position under subparagraph 

12 (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reor13 ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31). 

14 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

15 This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 

16 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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