,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4      
,messer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration1 and in addition 
to the ,committees on the ,budget and   
,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     
reduce a portion of the annual pay of   
,members of ,congress for the failure to
 adopt a concurrent resolution on the   
budget which does not provide for a     
balanced budget1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title2 findings  7a7 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,balanced ,budget ,accountability ,act4 
7b7 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,the ,federal debt     
exceeds #af trillion1 continues to grow 

rapidly1 and is larger than the size of 
the ,united ,states economy4  7#b7 ,the 
,federal budget has shown an annual     
deficit in #de of the last #ej years4   
7#c7 ,deficits and the ,federal debt    
threaten to shatter confidence in the   
,nation's economy1 suppress job creation
 and economic growth1 and leave future  
generations of ,americans with a lower  
standard of living and fewer            
opportunities4  7#d7 ,it is the duty of 
,members of ,congress to develop and    
implement policies1 including balancing 
the ,federal budget1 that encourage     
robust job creation and economic growth 
in the ,united ,states4  7#e7 ,members  
of ,congress should be held accountable 
for failing to pass annual budgets that 
result in a balanced budget4  #b4       
,requiring adoption of budget resolution
 providing for balanced budgets  7a7    
,adoption of budget resolution ,each    
,house of ,congress shall adopt a       
concurrent resolution on the budget for 
a fiscal year which provides that1 for  

each fiscal year for which a budget is  
provided under the resolution 7beginning
 not later than with the budget for     
fiscal year #bjbc71 total outlays do not
 exceed total receipts4  7b7            
,certification by ,congressional ,budget
 ,office ,upon the adoption by a ,house 
of ,congress of a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for a fiscal year1 the    
,director of the ,congressional ,budget 
,office shall transmit to the ,speaker  
of the ,house of ,representatives or the
 ,president pro ,tempore of the ,senate 
7as the case may be7 a certification as 
to whether or not that ,house of        
,congress has met the requirements of   
subsection 7a7 with respect to the      
resolution4  7c7 ,effective date ,this  
section shall apply with respect to the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year #bjae and each succeeding   
fiscal year4  #c4 ,effect of failure to 
adopt resolution  7a7 ,rule for fiscal  
year #bjae  7#a7 ,holding salaries in   
escrow ,if the ,director of the         

,congressional ,budget ,office          
7hereafter referred to as the ,director7
 does not certify that a ,house of      
,congress has met the requirements of   
section #b7;a7 with respect to fiscal   
year #bjae prior to ,april #af1 #bjad1  
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 
,congress1 the period described in this 
paragraph is the period which begins on 
,april #af1 #bjad1 and ends on the      
earlier of--  7,a7 the day on which the 
,director certifies that the ,house of  
,congress has met the requirements of   
section #b7;a7 with respect to fiscal   
year #bjae2 or  7,b7 the last day of the

 ,one ,hundred ,thirteenth ,congress4   
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 ,release of amounts at end  
of the congress ,in order to ensure that
 this subsection is carried out in a    
manner that shall not vary the          
compensation of ,senators or            
,representatives in violation of 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 ,one ,hundred          
,thirteenth ,congress4  7#e7 ,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 subsection4  7#f7 ,payroll        
administrator defined ,in this          
subsection1 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  7b7 ,rule for fiscal 
year #bjaf and subsequent fiscal years  
,if the ,director of the ,congressional 

,budget ,office does not certify that a 
,house of ,congress has met the         
requirements of section #b7;a7 with     
respect to a fiscal year prior to the   
,april #af which immediately precedes   
the first day of the fiscal year1 during
 pay periods which occur in the same    
calendar year after that date each      
,member of that ,house shall be paid at 
an annual rate of pay equal to #a4  7c7 
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
,member includes a ,delegate or         
,resident ,commissioner to the          
,congress4