I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2050 
To ensure the timely issuance of regulations by Federal agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2013 
Mr. ROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To ensure the timely issuance of regulations by Federal 
agencies. 
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 ‘‘No Regulations, No 
Pay Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. HOLDING PAY OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL IN ES-
CROW UPON FAILURE TO ISSUE REGULA-
TIONS IN TIMELY MANNER. 
(a) HOLDING SALARY IN ESCROW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, by the date specified by 
law, an agency has not issued regulations required 
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by such law, during the period described in para-
graph (2), the payroll administrator of that agency 
shall deposit in an escrow account all amounts of 
basic pay otherwise payable to the individual who 
(with respect to such regulations) is the responsible 
official of such agency, and shall release such 
amounts to such official only upon the expiration of 
such period. 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a re-
sponsible official whose pay is withheld under para-
graph (1) for failing to issue regulations in timely 
fashion, the period described in this paragraph is the 
period— 
(A) beginning on the day after the date 
specified by law for the issuance of such regula-
tions; and 
(B) ending on the date on which such reg-
ulations are issued. 
(3) 
WITHHOLDING
AND
REMITTANCE
OF 
AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The 
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). 
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(4) RELEASE
OF
AMOUNTS
AT
END
OF
AP-
POINTMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this section, the payroll administrator shall re-
lease for payment to a responsible official whose pay 
has been withheld under this section any pay which 
was so withheld from such official and which re-
mains in an escrow account under this section on 
the last day on which that individual serves in the 
office by virtue of which such individual is consid-
ered to be the responsible official. 
(5) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide a pay-
roll administrator of an agency with such assistance 
as may be necessary to enable such payroll adminis-
trator to carry out this section. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive 
agency within the meaning of section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(2) the term ‘‘regulation’’ means a rule, within 
the meaning of section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code, required by law to be issued by a date certain; 
(3) the term ‘‘responsible official’’, as used with 
respect to any regulations, is— 
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(A) the specific official who is required by 
law to issue such regulations; or 
(B) if no specific official is provided for, 
the head of the agency involved; 
(4) the term ‘‘official’’ means an individual 
holding a position to which appointments are made 
by confirmation of the Senate, but does not include 
a member of the armed forces (as defined by section 
2101 of title 5, United States Code); and 
(5) the term ‘‘payroll administrator’’, as used 
with respect to a responsible official within an agen-
cy, means the person within such agency who is re-
sponsible for disbursing the basic pay of such offi-
cial. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply with respect to any regu-
lations required to be issued by a date occurring on or 
after such date, except that, in no event shall any amount 
be deposited into an escrow account under this Act which 
(disregarding this Act) would otherwise be payable during 
the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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