I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8305 
To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid if Congress has 
not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the 
regular appropriations bills on a timely basis, to eliminate automatic 
pay adjustments for Members of Congress, to prohibit the use of funds 
provided for the official travel expenses of Members of Congress and 
other officers and employees of the legislative branch for first-class airline 
accommodations, to establish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former Mem-
bers of Congress, to prohibit the consideration in the House of Represent-
atives of measures lacking demonstrable bipartisan support, to prohibit 
the consideration in the House of Representatives of any legislation 
containing an earmark, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. TORRES SMALL 
of New Mexico, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, 
Mr. ROSE of New York, and Mr. BRINDISI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and 
Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid 
if Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution 
on the budget and passed the regular appropriations 
bills on a timely basis, to eliminate automatic pay adjust-
ments for Members of Congress, to prohibit the use 
of funds provided for the official travel expenses of Mem-
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bers of Congress and other officers and employees of 
the legislative branch for first-class airline accommoda-
tions, to establish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former 
Members of Congress, to prohibit the consideration in 
the House of Representatives of measures lacking demon-
strable bipartisan support, to prohibit the consideration 
in the House of Representatives of any legislation con-
taining an earmark, 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 ‘‘Foster Accountability, 
Integrity, Trust, and Honor in Congress Act’’ or the 
‘‘FAITH in Congress Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS FOR FAILURE TO AGREE TO 
BUDGET RESOLUTION OR PASS REGULAR AP-
PROPRIATIONS BILLS ON TIMELY BASIS. 
(a) FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.— 
(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by April 
15 of any calendar year occurring during a Congress 
(beginning with the One Hundred Seventeenth Con-
gress), both Houses of Congress have 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 year, no Member of Congress may receive 
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compensation with respect to the period described in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 
16 of the calendar year and ends on the day on 
which both Houses of Congress agree to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 
which begins on October 1 of that year. 
(b) FAILURE TO PASS REGULAR APPROPRIATION 
BILLS.— 
(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by Sep-
tember 30 of any calendar year occurring during a 
Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Seven-
teenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not 
passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the 
fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year, 
no Member of Congress may receive compensation 
with respect to the period described in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is the period which begins on Oc-
tober 1 of the calendar year and ends on the first 
day by which both Houses of Congress have passed 
each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal 
year which begins on October 1 of that year. 
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(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) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS; EX-
CLUSION OF VICE PRESIDENT.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress but does not include the 
Vice President. 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS 
FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 601(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
4501(2)) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 601(a)(1) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 4501) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)’’; 
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