budget for the fiscal year which begins on Octo-
ber 1 of that calendar year; or 
(B) the last day of the Congress during 
which that calendar year occurs. 
(b) FAILURE TO PASS REGULAR APPROPRIATION 
BILLS.— 
(1) HOLDING
SALARIES
IN
ESCROW.—If by 
July 31 of any calendar year (beginning with 2014), 
a House of Congress has not passed each of the reg-
ular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which be-
gins on October 1 of that calendar year, during the 
period described in paragraph (2) the payroll admin-
istrator of that House of Congress shall deposit in 
an escrow account all payments otherwise 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 August 1 of the calendar year and ends on 
the earlier of— 
(A) the first day by which the House of 
Congress has passed each of the regular appro-
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priation bills for the fiscal year which begins on 
October 1 of that calendar year; or 
(B) the last day of the Congress during 
which that calendar year occurs. 
(3) 
REGULAR
APPROPRIATION
BILL
DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ 
means any annual appropriation bill which, with re-
spect to the Congress involved, is under the jurisdic-
tion of a single subcommittee of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
(pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives for that Congress) and a single subcommittee 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
(pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate). 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF ESCROW.— 
(1) 
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 sub-
section (a) or subsection (b) that would apply to the 
payment if the payment were not subject to such 
section. 
(2) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay-
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roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 
such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 
payroll administrators to carry out this section. 
(d) RELEASE
OF AMOUNTS
AT END
OF
A CON-
GRESS.—In order to ensure that this section is carried out 
in a manner consistent with the twenty-seventh article of 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the 
payroll administrator of a House of Congress shall release 
for payments to Members of that House of Congress any 
amounts remaining in any escrow account under this sec-
tion on the last day of the Congress during which the 
amounts were deposited in such account. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress; and 
(2) the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of 
Congress means— 
(A) in the case of the House of Represent-
atives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives, or an employee of 
the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 
who is designated by the Chief Administrative 
Officer to carry out this section; and 
(B) in the case of the Senate, the Sec-
retary of the Senate, or an employee of the Of-
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fice of the Secretary of the Senate who is des-
ignated by the Secretary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
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