I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4043 
To suspend the debt ceiling temporarily, to hold the salaries of Members 
of a House of Congress in escrow if the House of Congress does not 
agree to a budget resolution or pass regular appropriation bills on a 
timely basis during a Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 
Mr. ROTHFUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House 
Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To suspend the debt ceiling temporarily, to hold the salaries 
of Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the 
House of Congress does not agree to a budget resolution 
or pass regular appropriation bills on a timely basis 
during a Congress, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Getting Government 
to Work Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, shall not apply for the period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
on February 2, 2015. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING
TO OBLIGATIONS 
ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective Feb-
ruary 3, 2015, the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 
31, United States Code, as increased by section 3101A 
of such title, is increased to the extent that— 
(1) the face amount of obligations issued under 
chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obli-
gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 
by the United States Government (except guaran-
teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury) outstanding on February 3, 2015, exceeds 
(2) the face amount of such obligations out-
standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
An obligation shall not be taken into account under para-
graph (1) unless the issuance of such obligation was nec-
essary to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Gov-
ernment that required payment before February 3, 2015. 
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SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDG-
ET RESOLUTION OR PASS REGULAR APPRO-
PRIATIONS BILLS. 
(a) FAILURE TO PASS BUDGET RESOLUTION.— 
(1) HOLDING
SALARIES
IN
ESCROW.—If by 
April 15 of any calendar year (beginning with 2015), 
a House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the fiscal 
year which begins on October 1 of that calendar 
year, during the period described in paragraph (2) 
the payroll administrator of that House of Congress 
shall deposit in an escrow account all payments oth-
erwise required to be made during such period for 
the compensation of Members of Congress who serve 
in that House of Congress, and shall release such 
payments to such Members only upon the expiration 
of such period. 
(2) PERIOD
DESCRIBED.—With respect to a 
House of Congress and a calendar year, the period 
described in this paragraph is the period which be-
gins on April 16 of the calendar year and ends on 
the earlier of— 
(A) the day on which the House of Con-
gress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the 
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