PAYSTUB Act

Bill: 118-hr-858
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-07
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Presidential Accountability for Yearly Submission of The United States' Budget Act or the PAYSTUB Act</b></p> <p>This bill restricts the use of federal funds for the salaries or expenses of political employees if the President's budget is not submitted to Congress by the first Monday in February as required by law. </p> <p>Specifically, if the President's budget is not submitted to Congress on or before the first Monday in February of a year, federal funds may not be used for the salary or expenses of any political employee during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of February of that year and ending on the date the budget is submitted.</p> <p>On the earliest possible date after the President's budget is submitted, political employees whose salaries or expenses were not paid during a period in which the President's budget had not yet been submitted must be paid for that period.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 858 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2023 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to limit the use of Federal funds for the salaries or expenses of political employees if the President’s annual budget submission to Congress is late, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Presidential Accountability for Yearly Submission of The United States’ Budget Act or the PAYSTUB Act . 2. Limitation on use of Federal funds for political employee salaries and expenses if President’s budget is late Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) (1) If the budget under subsection (a) is not submitted to Congress on or before the first Monday in February of a year, during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of February of such year and ending on the date the budget is submitted, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the salary or expenses of any political employee. (2) Each political employee whose salary and expenses are not paid by operation of paragraph (1) shall be paid for the period the limitation under such subsection was in effect at the employee's standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after such period ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. (3) In this subsection, the term political employee means any individual— (A) occupying a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5 (relating to the Executive Schedule); (B) serving under a noncareer appointment in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraph (7) of section 3132(a) of such title; or (C) occupying a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. .