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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5946 

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 consideration in the House of Representatives of measures lacking demonstrable bipartisan support, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2018 

Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 

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 Members of Congress and other officers and employees of 

the legislative branch for first-class airline accommodaVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:39 Jun 04, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H5946.IH H5946

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tions, to establish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former 

Members of Congress, to prohibit consideration in the 

House of Representatives of measures lacking demonstrable bipartisan support, 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 Sixteenth 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 

20 compensation with respect to the period described in 

21 paragraph (2). 


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1 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

2 in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 

3 16 of the calendar year and ends on the day on 

4 which both Houses of Congress agree to a concur5 rent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 

6 which begins on October 1 of that year. 

7 (b) FAILURE TO PASS REGULAR APPROPRIATION

8 BILLS.— 

9 (1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by Sep10 tember 30 of any calendar year occurring during a 

11 Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Six12 teenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not 

13 passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the 

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

15 no Member of Congress may receive compensation 

16 with respect to the period described in paragraph 

17 (2). 

18 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

19 in this paragraph is the period which begins on Oc20 tober 1 of the calendar year and ends on the first 

21 day by which both Houses of Congress have passed 

22 each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal 

23 year which begins on October 1 of that year. 

24 (3) REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILL DE25 FINED.—The term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ 


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1 means any annual appropriation bill which, with re2 spect to the Congress involved, is under the jurisdic3 tion of a single subcommittee of the Committee on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 (pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representa6 tives for that Congress) and a single subcommittee 

7 of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

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

9 (c) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS; EX10 CLUSION OF VICE PRESIDENT.—In this section, the term 

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

12 Commissioner to the Congress but does not include the 

13 Vice President. 

14 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS 

15 FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 

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

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

18 4501(2)) is repealed. 

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

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

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

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

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

24 and 


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

2 of this subsection’’. 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend4 ments made by this section shall take effect December 31, 

5 2018. 

6 SEC. 4. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAV7 EL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 

8 AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FOR 

9 AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 

10 COACH-CLASS. 

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

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

13 the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or 

14 other officer or employee of any office in the legislative 

15 branch may be used for airline accommodations which are 

16 not coach-class accommodations. 

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

18 may be used for airline accommodations which are not 

19 coach-class accommodations for an individual described in 

20 subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommoda21 tions would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 

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

23 Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agen24 cy which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. 


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1 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion may be construed to affect any officer or employee 

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

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

5 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

6 (d) DEFINITIONS.— 

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

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

9 means the basic class of accommodation by airlines 

10 that is normally the lowest fare offered regardless of 

11 airline terminology used, and (as referred to by air12 lines) may include tourist class or economy class, as 

13 well as single class when the airline offers only one 

14 class of accommodations to all travelers. 

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

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

17 a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com18 missioner to, the Congress. 

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

20 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

21 SEC. 5. PROHIBITING FORMER MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 

22 OF CONGRESS FROM LOBBYING CONGRESS. 

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

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


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1 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICERS OF

2 CONGRESS.—Any person who is a Senator, a Mem3 ber of the House of Representatives, or an elected 

4 officer of the Senate or the House of Representa5 tives and who, after that person leaves office, know6 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com7 munication to or appearance before any Member, of8 ficer, or employee of either House of Congress or 

9 any employee of any other legislative office of the 

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

11 United States) in connection with any matter on 

12 which such former Senator, Member, or elected offi13 cial seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 

14 of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca15 pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 

16 of this title.’’. 

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

18 of such title is amended— 

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

20 STAFF’’ and inserting ‘‘STAFF’’; 

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

22 or’’; 

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

24 and inserting ‘‘leaves employment’’; and 

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


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

2 this section shall apply with respect to an individual who 

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

4 Act. 

5 SEC. 6. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP6 RESENTATIVES OF MEASURES LACKING DE7 MONSTRABLE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. 

8 (a) AMENDMENT TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP9 RESENTATIVES.—Rule XIV of the Rules of the House of 

10 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new clause: 

12 ‘‘7. It shall not be in order in the House of Represent13 atives or in the Committee on the Whole House on the 

14 State of the Union to consider a bill, joint resolution, reso15 lution, or conference report unless the measure involved 

16 has demonstrable bipartisan support in the form in which 

17 it is to be considered.’’. 

18 (b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING MAJORITY

19 PARTY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.—It is the sense 

20 of the House of Representatives that the majority party 

21 of the House should ensure that its protocols and proce22 dures applicable to the consideration of measures by the 

23 House are consistent with the requirements of clause 7 

24 of rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 

25 (as added by subsection (a)). 


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1 (c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—The pro2 visions of this section are enacted— 

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

4 the House of Representatives, and as such they shall 

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

6 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex7 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

8 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

9 right of the House of Representatives to change 

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

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

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

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