,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,bucshon 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,mulvaney1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4     
,meadows1 and ,mr4 ,benishek7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that compensation of the        
,president shall be held in escrow upon 
failure to submit his budget in a timely
 manner4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,president's ,salary
 ,suspended ,unless ,budget ,measure ,is
 ,on ,time ,act or the ,president's     
,salary ,,submit ,act4  #b4 ,holding    
compensation of the ,president in escrow
 upon failure to submit his budget in a 
timely manner  7a7 ,holding compensation
 in escrow  7#a7 ,in general ,except as 
provided in subsection 7b71 if by the   
first ,monday in ,february of a year1   
the ,president has not submitted his    
budget for the succeeding fiscal year   

pursuant to section #cjj of the         
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd1   
the payroll administrator shall deposit 
in an escrow account all payments       
otherwise required to be made during the
 period described in paragraph 7#b7 for 
the compensation of the ,president1 and 
shall release such payments to the      
,president only upon the expiration of  
such period4  7#b7 ,period described    
,with respect to a budget due by the    
first ,monday in ,february of a year1   
the period described in this paragraph  
is the period which begins on the day   
after such first ,monday1 and ends on   
the earlier of--  7,a7 the day on which 
the ,president submits the budget which 
was so due2 or  7,b7 the last day of the
 term of office of the ,president in    
which such first ,monday occurs4  7#c7  
,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 payment deposited in an   

escrow account under paragraph 7#a7 that
 would apply to the payment if the      
payment were not subject to paragraph   
7#a74  7#d7 ,role of ,secretary of the  
,treasury ,the ,secretary of the        
,treasury shall provide the payroll     
administrator with such assistance as   
may be necessary to enable the payroll  
administrator to carry out this section4
  7b7 ,exceptions ,subsection 7a77#a7   
shall not apply in the case of a budget 
which1 pursuant to section #cjj of the  
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd1 is
 required to be submitted by the        
,president within #cj days after--  7#a7
 the commencement date of the term for  
which the ,president is elected2 or     
7#b7 the date as of which a successor   
fills a vacancy in the office of the    
,president which resulted from--  7,a7  
the removal of the ,president from      
office2 or  7,b7 his death1 resignation1
 or inability to discharge the powers   
and duties of the office of ,president4 
7c7 ,definitions ,in this section--     

7#a7 the term compensation1 as used with
 respect to the ,president1 means the   
compensation received by the ,president 
under section #ajb of title #c1 ,united 
,states ,code2 and  7#b7 the term       
payroll administrator means the         
administrator responsible for the       
disbursement of the compensation of the 
,president4