I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4486 
To hold the salaries of Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the 
House of Congress does not hold a vote on final passage of each regular 
appropriation bill for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal 
year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2016 
Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. MASSIE, 
and Mr. FLORES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To hold the salaries of Members of a House of Congress 
in escrow if the House of Congress does not hold a 
vote on final passage of each regular appropriation bill 
for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal 
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. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO VOTE ON REG-
ULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS. 
(a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If by October 1 of any cal-
endar year (beginning with 2016), a House of Con-
gress has not considered (in a manner meeting the 
conditions set forth in paragraph (2), in the case of 
the House of Representatives) and held a vote on 
final passage of each of the regular appropriation 
bills for the fiscal year which begins on that date, 
during the period described in subsection (b) the 
payroll administrator of that House of Congress 
shall deposit in an escrow account all payments oth-
erwise 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) CONDITIONS
FOR
CONSIDERATION
OF 
BILLS.—The House of Representatives meets the 
conditions set forth in this paragraph for the consid-
eration of a regular appropriation bill if Members 
are permitted to offer amendments to the bill in ei-
ther the House or in the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union. 
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(b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a House 
of Congress and a calendar year, the period described in 
this paragraph is the period which begins on October 1 
of the calendar year and ends on the earlier of— 
(1) the first day by which the House of Con-
gress has held a vote on final passage of each of the 
regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which 
begins on that date; or 
(2) the last day of the Congress during which 
that calendar year occurs. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF ESCROW. 
(a) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS 
FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The payroll admin-
istrator of a House of Congress shall provide for the same 
withholding and remittance with respect to a payment de-
posited in an escrow account under section 2 that would 
apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to 
such section. 
(b) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll admin-
istrators of the Houses of Congress with such assistance 
as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrators 
to carry out this Act. 
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SEC. 4. RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF A CONGRESS. 
In order to ensure that this Act 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 Act 
on the last day of the Congress during which the amounts 
were deposited in such account. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress; 
(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 Act; and 
(B) in the case of the Senate, the Sec-
retary of the Senate, or an employee of the Of-
fice of the Secretary of the Senate who is des-
ignated by the Secretary to carry out this Act; 
and 
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(3) the term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ means 
any annual appropriation bill which, with respect to 
the Congress involved, is under the jurisdiction of a 
single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives (pursuant to 
the Rules of the House of Representatives for that 
Congress) and a single subcommittee of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate (pursuant to 
the Standing Rules of the Senate). 
Æ 
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