SEC. 2. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
ESCROW UPON FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDG-
ET RESOLUTION. 
(a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If by April 15, a House of 
Congress has not agreed to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for the next fiscal year pursuant to 
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, during the period described in paragraph (2) 
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) PERIOD
DESCRIBED.—With respect to a 
House of Congress, the period described in this 
paragraph is the period which begins on April 16 
and ends on the earlier of— 
(A) the day on which the House of Con-
gress agrees to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for the next fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974; or 
(B) the last day of the Congress. 
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(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). 
(4) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE 
CONGRESS.—In order to ensure that this section is 
carried out in a manner that shall not vary the com-
pensation of Senators or Representatives in violation 
of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, the payroll ad-
ministrator 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 section on the last day of the Congress. 
(5) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay-
roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 
such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 
payroll administrators to carry out this section. 
(b) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
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(c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 
section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con-
gress means— 
(1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 
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 
(2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 
the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec-
retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec-
retary to carry out this section. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply with re-
spect to fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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