I 
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. MEAD-
OWS, and Mr. BENISHEK) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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. 
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 ‘‘President’s Salary Sus-
pended Unless Budget Measure Is On Time Act’’ or the 
‘‘President’s Salary SUBMIT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. HOLDING COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT IN 
ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO SUBMIT HIS 
BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
(a) HOLDING COMPENSATION IN ESCROW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), if by the first Monday in February of a 
year, the President has not submitted his budget for 
the succeeding fiscal year pursuant to section 300 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the payroll 
administrator shall deposit in an escrow account all 
payments otherwise required to be made during the 
period described in paragraph (2) for the compensa-
tion of the President, and shall release such pay-
ments to the President only upon the expiration of 
such period. 
(2) PERIOD
DESCRIBED.—With respect to a 
budget due by the first Monday in February of a 
year, the period described in this paragraph is the 
period which begins on the day after such first Mon-
day, and ends on the earlier of— 
(A) the day on which the President sub-
mits the budget which was so due; or 
(B) the last day of the term of office of the 
President in which such first Monday occurs. 
(3) 
WITHHOLDING
AND
REMITTANCE
OF 
AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The 
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payroll administrator shall provide for the same 
withholding and remittance with respect to a pay-
ment deposited in an escrow account under para-
graph (1) that would apply to the payment if the 
payment were not subject to paragraph (1). 
(4) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay-
roll administrator with such assistance as may be 
necessary to enable the payroll administrator to 
carry out this section. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 
in the case of a budget which, pursuant to section 300 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, is required to 
be submitted by the President within 30 days after— 
(1) the commencement date of the term for 
which the President is elected; or 
(2) the date as of which a successor fills a va-
cancy in the office of the President which resulted 
from— 
(A) the removal of the President from of-
fice; or 
(B) his death, resignation, or inability to 
discharge the powers and duties of the office of 
President. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘compensation’’, as used with re-
spect to the President, means the compensation re-
ceived by the President under section 102 of title 3, 
United States Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘payroll administrator’’ means the 
administrator responsible for the disbursement of 
the compensation of the President. 
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