,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ah1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,hultgren 7for himself and ,mr4    
,ribble7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the salaries of  
,members of ,congress to be held in     
escrow if all regular appropriation     
bills for a fiscal year have not been   
enacted by the beginning of the fiscal  
year1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,constitutional ,congressional ,pay 
,accountability ,act of #bjac4  #b4     
,holding salaries of members of congress
 in escrow upon failure to enact regular
 appropriation bills for fiscal year    

7a7 ,escrow  7#a7 ,in general ,if all of
 the regular appropriation bills for a  
fiscal year do not become law before the
 beginning of such fiscal year1 the     
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
deposit all payments otherwise required 
to be made for the compensation of      
,members of ,congress in an escrow      
account1 and shall release such payments
 to the ,members only upon the enactment
 of all such bills4  7#b7 ,withholding  
and remittance of amounts from payments 
held in escrow ,the ,secretary of the   
,treasury 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#c7   
,coordination with ,house and ,senate   
,the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall  
enter into such agreements with the     
,chief ,administrative ,officer of the  
,house of ,representatives and the      
,secretary of the ,senate as may be     

necessary to carry out this subsection4 
7b7 ,effective date ,this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year #bjad 
and each succeeding fiscal year4  #c4   
,reduction in salary upon failure to    
enact regular appropriation bills prior 
to beginning of ,congress  7a7          
,reduction in ,salary ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of law1 if all of   
the regular appropriation bills for the 
fiscal year in which a ,congress begins 
do not become law before the first day  
of the ,congress1 the annual rate of pay
 for each ,member of ,congress for pay  
periods occurring during the ,congress  
shall be the applicable rate in effect  
for the most recent pay period prior to 
the ,congress reduced by #be percent1   
rounded to the nearest multiple of #ajj 
7or1 if midway between multiples of     
#ajj1 to the next higher multiple of    
#ajj74  7b7 ,effective date ,this       
section shall apply with respect to the 
,one ,hundred ,fourteenth ,congress and 
each succeeding ,congress4  #d4         

,definitions  7a7 ,member of ,congress  
,in this ,act1 the term ,member of      
,congress means an individual serving in
 a position under subparagraph 7,a71    
7,b71 or 7,c7 of section #fja7;a7 of the
 ,legislative ,reorganization ,act of   
#aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ca74  7b7 ,regular 
appropriation bill ,in this ,act1 the   
term regular appropriation bill means   
any annual appropriation bill making    
appropriations1 otherwise making funds  
available1 or granting authority1 for   
any of the following categories of      
projects and activities3  7#a7          
,agriculture1 rural development1 ,food  
and ,drug ,administration1 and related  
agencies programs4  7#b7 ,the           
,departments of ,commerce1 ,justice1    
,science1 and related agencies4  7#c7   
,the ,department of ,defense4  7#d7     
,energy and water development1 and      
related agencies4  7#e7 ,financial      
services and general government4  7#f7  
,the ,department of ,homeland ,security4
  7#g7 ,the ,department of the          

,interior1 environment1 and related     
agencies4  7#h7 ,the ,departments of    
,labor1 ,health and ,human ,services1   
and ,education1 and related agencies4   
7#i7 ,the legislative branch4  7#aj7    
,military construction and veterans     
affairs4  7#aa7 ,the ,department of     
,state1 foreign operations1 and related 
programs4  7#ab7 ,the ,departments of   
,transportation1 ,housing and ,urban    
,development1 and related agencies4