,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,rothfus introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,house    
,administration1 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 suspend the debt ceiling 
temporarily1 to hold the salaries of    
,members of a ,house of ,congress in    
escrow if the ,house of ,congress does  
not agree to a budget resolution or pass
 regular appropriation bills on a timely
 basis during a ,congress1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,getting ,government
 to ,work ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,temporary
 ,suspension of ,debt ,ceiling  7a7     
,suspension ,section #caja7;b7 of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 shall not   

apply for the period beginning on the   
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
ending on ,february #b1 #bjae4  7b7     
,special ,rule ,relating to ,obligations
 ,issued ,during ,suspension ,period    
,effective ,february #c1 #bjae1 the     
limitation in section #caja7;b7 of title
 #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 as         
increased by section #caja;,a of such   
title1 is increased to the extent that--
  7#a7 the face amount of obligations   
issued under chapter #ca of such title  
and the face amount of obligations whose
 principal and interest are guaranteed  
by the ,united ,states ,government      
7except guaranteed obligations held by  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury7        
outstanding on ,february #c1 #bjae1     
exceeds  7#b7 the face amount of such   
obligations outstanding on the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4  ,an        
obligation shall not be taken into      
account under paragraph 7#a7 unless the 
issuance of such obligation was         
necessary to fund a commitment incurred 

by the ,federal ,government that        
required payment before ,february #c1   
#bjae4  #c4 ,holding salaries of members
 of congress in escrow upon failure to  
agree to budget resolution or pass      
regular appropriations bills  7a7       
,failure ,to ,pass ,budget ,resolution  
7#a7 ,holding salaries in escrow ,if by 
,april #ae of any calendar year         
7beginning with #bjae71 a ,house of     
,congress has not agreed to a concurrent
 resolution on the budget pursuant to   
section #cja of the ,congressional      
,budget ,act of #aigd for the fiscal    
year which begins on ,october #a of that
 calendar year1 during the period       
described in paragraph 7#b7 the payroll 
administrator of that ,house of         
,congress shall deposit in an escrow    
account all payments otherwise required 
to be made during such period for the   
compensation of ,members of ,congress   
who serve in that ,house of ,congress1  
and shall release such payments to such 
,members only upon the expiration of    

such period4  7#b7 ,period described    
,with respect to a ,house of ,congress  
and a calendar year1 the period         
described in this paragraph is the      
period which begins on ,april #af of the
 calendar year and ends on the earlier  
of--  7,a7 the day on which the ,house  
of ,congress agrees to a concurrent     
resolution on the budget for the fiscal 
year which begins on ,october #a of that
 calendar year2 or  7,b7 the last day of
 the ,congress during which that        
calendar year occurs4  7b7 ,failure ,to 
,pass ,regular ,appropriation ,bills    
7#a7 ,holding salaries in escrow ,if by 
,july #ca of any calendar year          
7beginning with #bjad71 a ,house of     
,congress has not passed each of the    
regular appropriation bills for the     
fiscal year which begins on ,october #a 
of that calendar year1 during the period
 described in paragraph 7#b7 the payroll
 administrator of that ,house of        
,congress shall deposit in an escrow    
account all payments otherwise required 

to be made during such period for the   
compensation of ,members of ,congress   
who serve in that ,house of ,congress1  
and shall release such payments to such 
,members only upon the expiration of    
such period4  7#b7 ,period described    
,with respect to a ,house of ,congress  
and a calendar year1 the period         
described in this paragraph is the      
period which begins on ,august #a of the
 calendar year and ends on the earlier  
of--  7,a7 the first day by which the   
,house of ,congress has passed each of  
the regular appropriation bills for the 
fiscal year which begins on ,october #a 
of that calendar year2 or  7,b7 the last
 day of the ,congress during which that 
calendar year occurs4  7#c7 ,regular    
appropriation bill defined ,the term    
regular appropriation bill means any    
annual appropriation bill which1 with   
respect to the ,congress involved1 is   
under the jurisdiction of a single      
subcommittee of the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,house of        

,representatives 7pursuant to the ,rules
 of the ,house of ,representatives for  
that ,congress7 and a single            
subcommittee of the ,committee on       
,appropriations of the ,senate 7pursuant
 to the ,standing ,rules of the         
,senate74  7c7 ,administration of       
,escrow  7#a7 ,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   
subsection 7a7 or subsection 7b7 that   
would apply to the payment if the       
payment were not subject to such        
section4  7#b7 ,role of ,secretary of   
the ,treasury ,the ,secretary of the    
,treasury shall provide the payroll     
administrators of the ,houses of        
,congress with such assistance as may be
 necessary to enable the payroll        
administrators to carry out this        
section4  7d7 ,release of ,amounts at   
end of a ,congress ,in order to ensure  

that this section is carried out in a   
manner consistent with the              
twenty-seventh article of amendment to  
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 the payroll administrator 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 ,congress during which 
the amounts were deposited in such      
account4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this     
section--  7#a7 the term ,member        
includes a ,delegate or ,resident       
,commissioner to the ,congress2 and     
7#b7 the payroll administrator of a     
,house of ,congress means--  7,a7 in the
 case of the ,house of ,representatives1
 the ,chief ,administrative ,officer of 
the ,house of ,representatives1 or an   
employee of the ,office of the ,chief   
,administrative ,officer who is         
designated by the ,chief ,administrative
 ,officer to carry out this section2 and
  7,b7 in the case of the ,senate1 the  

,secretary of the ,senate1 or an        
employee of the ,office of the          
,secretary of the ,senate who is        
designated by the ,secretary to carry   
out this section4