I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 325 
To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the United 
States Government until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2013 
Mr. CAMP (for himself and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations 
of the United States Government until May 19, 2013, 
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. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, shall not apply for the period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
on May 18, 2013. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING
TO OBLIGATIONS 
ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective May 
19, 2013, the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, as increased by section 3101A of such 
title, is increased to the extent that— 
(1) the face amount of obligations issued under 
chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obli-
gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 
by the United States Government (except guaran-
teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury) outstanding on May 19, 2013, exceeds 
(2) the face amount of such obligations out-
standing on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
An obligation shall not be taken into account under para-
graph (1) unless the issuance of such obligation was nec-
essary to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Gov-
ernment that required payment before May 19, 2013. 
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, 2013, a 
House of Congress has not agreed to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 pursu-
ant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
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of 1974, during the period described in paragraph 
(2) the payroll administrator of that House of Con-
gress shall deposit in an escrow account all pay-
ments otherwise required to be made during such 
period for the compensation of Members of Congress 
who serve in that House of Congress, and shall re-
lease 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, 
2013, 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 fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 
301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 
or 
(B) the last day of the One Hundred Thir-
teenth Congress. 
(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-
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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 One Hundred 
Thirteenth 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’’ includes a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
(c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 
section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con-
gress means— 
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(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. 
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