I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3799 
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 concur-
rent resolution on the budget on or before May 15 of each year, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2012 
Mr. LATHAM (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. BON-
NER, and Mr. NUNES) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 ex-
penses of the offices of Members and committees of 
Congress and to hold the salaries of Members of Con-
gress 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. 
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 ‘‘Do Your Job Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES OF MEMBER AND COM-
MITTEE OFFICES IF CONGRESS FAILS TO 
ADOPT BUDGET RESOLUTION. 
(a) SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF OFFICES.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—If on or before May 15 of 
any year Congress does not adopt a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for the fiscal year that begins 
on October 1 of that year, no funds may be dis-
bursed for the salaries and expenses (including trav-
el expenses) of any of the offices described in sub-
section (b) until Congress adopts a concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for that fiscal year. 
(2) TREATMENT OF MEMBER SALARIES.—Para-
graph (1) does not apply to funds disbursed for the 
salary of any Member of Congress, which shall be 
subject to escrow in accordance with section 3. 
(b) OFFICES DESCRIBED.—The offices described in 
this subsection are as follows: 
(1) The office of any Member of Congress. 
(2) The office of any standing, select, or joint 
committee of Congress. 
(3) An office of the House of Representatives 
for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses 
of the office for the year involved is provided under 
the heading ‘‘House Leadership Offices’’ in the act 
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making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year involved (in addition to any office 
of a Member of Congress referred to in paragraph 
(1)). 
(4) The offices of the President pro Tempore, 
Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minor-
ity Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the 
Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Commit-
tees of the Senate (in addition to any office of a 
Member of Congress referred to in paragraph (1)). 
SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
ESCROW IF CONGRESS FAILS TO ADOPT 
BUDGET RESOLUTION. 
(a) ESCROW.—If on or before May 15 of any year 
Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that 
year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit all pay-
ments otherwise required to be made for the compensation 
of Members of Congress in an escrow account, and shall 
release such payments to the Members only upon the 
adoption by Congress of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for that fiscal year. 
(b) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS 
FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall provide for the same withholding and 
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remittance with respect to a payment deposited in an es-
crow account under subsection (a) that would apply to the 
payment if the payment were not subject to subsection (a). 
(c) COORDINATION WITH HOUSE AND SENATE.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into such agree-
ments with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate as may 
be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 4. MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means 
an individual serving in a position under subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reor-
ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31). 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2013 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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