,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjaf  
,mr4 ,wenstrup 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,bridenstine1 ,mr4 ,jordan1 ,mr4        
,massie1 and ,mr4 ,flores7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,house             
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to hold the
 salaries of ,members of a ,house of    
,congress in escrow if the ,house of    
,congress does not hold a vote on final 
passage of each regular appropriation   
bill for a fiscal year prior to the     
beginning of that fiscal year1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,do ,your ,job 
,act4  #b4 ,holding salaries of ,members
 of ,congress in escrow upon failure to 
vote on regular appropriation bills  7a7
 ,holding ,salaries in ,escrow  7#a7 ,in
 general ,if by ,october #a of any      
calendar year 7beginning with #bjaf71 a 
,house of ,congress has not considered  
7in a manner meeting the conditions set 

forth in paragraph 7#b71 in the case of 
the ,house of ,representatives7 and held
 a vote on final passage of each of the 
regular appropriation bills for the     
fiscal year which begins on that date1  
during the period described in          
subsection 7b7 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 ,conditions for consideration of 
bills ,the ,house of ,representatives   
meets the conditions set forth in this  
paragraph for the consideration of a    
regular appropriation bill if ,members  
are permitted to offer amendments to the
 bill in either the ,house or in the    
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union4  7b7 ,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 ,october #a  
of the calendar year and ends on the    
earlier of--  7#a7 the first day by     
which the ,house of ,congress has held a
 vote on final passage of each of the   
regular appropriation bills for the     
fiscal year which begins on that date2  
or  7#b7 the last day of the ,congress  
during which that calendar year occurs4 
#c4 ,administration of escrow  7a7      
,withholding and ,remittance of ,amounts
 ,from ,payments ,held in ,escrow ,the  
payroll administrator of a ,house of    
,congress shall provide for the same    
withholding and remittance with respect 
to a payment deposited in an escrow     
account under section #b that would     
apply to the payment if the payment were
 not subject to such section4  7b7 ,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 ,act4  #d4 ,release of amounts at 
end of a ,congress ,in order to ensure  
that this ,act 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 ,act on the   
last day of the ,congress during which  
the amounts were deposited in such      
account4  #e4 ,definitions ,in this     
,act-- 7#a7 the term ,member includes a 
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to 
the ,congress2  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 ,act2 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 ,act2 and  7#c7 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         
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