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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4799 
To hold the salaries of Members of the House of Representatives in escrow 
if the House does not pass all of the regular appropriation bills for 
a fiscal year prior to the beginning of that fiscal year, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2016 
Mr. JOLLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To hold the salaries of Members of the House of Representa-
tives in escrow if the House does not pass all of the 
regular appropriation bills 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 or Don’t 
Get Paid Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE IN ES-
CROW UPON FAILURE TO PASS ALL REGULAR 
APPROPRIATION BILLS. 
(a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If by October 
1 of any calendar year (beginning with 2016), the House 
of Representatives has not passed all of the regular appro-
priation bills for the fiscal year which begins on that date, 
during the period described in subsection (b) the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer (or an employee of the Office of the 
Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by the 
Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this Act) shall 
deposit in an escrow account all payments otherwise re-
quired to be made during such period for the compensa-
tion of Members of the House, and shall release such pay-
ments to the Members only upon the expiration of such 
period. 
(b) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—With respect to a calendar 
year, the period described in this subsection 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 Rep-
resentatives has passed all of the regular appropria-
tion bills for the fiscal year which begins on that 
date; or 
(2) the last day of the Congress during which 
that calendar year occurs. 
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(c) PERMITTING PASSAGE
OF COMBINATION
OF 
BILLS.—For purposes of this section, the House shall be 
considered to have passed all of the regular appropriation 
bills for a fiscal year if the House has passed each such 
bill individually or in combination with any other such 
bills. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF ESCROW. 
(a) WITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF AMOUNTS 
FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW.—The Chief Admin-
istrative Officer shall provide for the same withholding 
and remittance with respect to a payment deposited 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 Chief Adminis-
trative Officer with such assistance as may be necessary 
to enable the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 
Act. 
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 
Chief Administrative Officer shall release for payments to 
Members of the House of Representatives any amounts 
remaining in any escrow account under this Act on the 
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last day of the Congress during which the amounts were 
deposited in such account. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’ 
means the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives; 
(2) the term ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress; and 
(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). 
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