I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5946 
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 consideration in the House of Representa-
tives of measures lacking demonstrable bipartisan support, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2018 
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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-
bers of Congress and other officers and employees of 
the legislative branch for first-class airline accommoda-
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tions, to establish a lifetime ban on lobbying by former 
Members of Congress, to prohibit consideration in the 
House of Representatives of measures lacking demon-
strable bipartisan support, 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 Sixteenth 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 
compensation with respect to the period described in 
paragraph (2). 
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(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 Six-
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. 
(3) 
REGULAR
APPROPRIATION
BILL
DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ 
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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)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; 
and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘, as adjusted by paragraph (2) 
of this subsection’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect December 31, 
2018. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAV-
EL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FOR 
AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 
COACH-CLASS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), no funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 
the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or 
other officer or employee of any office in the legislative 
branch may be used for airline accommodations which are 
not coach-class accommodations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds described in subsection (a) 
may be used for airline accommodations which are not 
coach-class accommodations for an individual described in 
subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommoda-
tions would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 
through 301–10.125 of title 41 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agen-
cy which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. 
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(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to affect any officer or employee 
of an office of the legislative branch which, as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, is subject to chapter 301 
of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) COACH-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘coach-class accommodations’’ 
means the basic class of accommodation by airlines 
that is normally the lowest fare offered regardless of 
airline terminology used, and (as referred to by air-
lines) may include tourist class or economy class, as 
well as single class when the airline offers only one 
class of accommodations to all travelers. 
(2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a Senator or 
a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to, the Congress. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITING FORMER MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 
OF CONGRESS FROM LOBBYING CONGRESS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 207(e)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(1) MEMBERS
AND
ELECTED
OFFICERS
OF 
CONGRESS.—Any person who is a Senator, a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives, or an elected 
officer of the Senate or the House of Representa-
tives and who, after that person leaves office, know-
ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com-
munication to or appearance before any Member, of-
ficer, or employee of either House of Congress or 
any employee of any other legislative office of the 
Congress, on behalf of any other person (except the 
United States) in connection with any matter on 
which such former Senator, Member, or elected offi-
cial seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 
of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca-
pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 
of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 207(e)(2) 
of such title is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFICERS AND 
STAFF’’ and inserting ‘‘STAFF’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘an elected officer of the Senate, 
or’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘leaves office or employment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘leaves employment’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘former elected officer or’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to an individual who 
leaves office on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 6. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES OF MEASURES LACKING DE-
MONSTRABLE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO RULES OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—Rule XIV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘7. It shall not be in order in the House of Represent-
atives or in the Committee on the Whole House on the 
State of the Union to consider a bill, joint resolution, reso-
lution, or conference report unless the measure involved 
has demonstrable bipartisan support in the form in which 
it is to be considered.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE REGARDING MAJORITY 
PARTY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES.—It is the sense 
of the House of Representatives that the majority party 
of the House should ensure that its protocols and proce-
dures applicable to the consideration of measures by the 
House are consistent with the requirements of clause 7 
of rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
(as added by subsection (a)). 
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