,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjai,mr4 ,wittman 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 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 ,inaction
 ,has ,consequences ,act4  #b4 ,holding 
salaries of ,members of ,congress in    
escrow upon failure to pass regular     
appropriation bills  7a7 ,holding       
,salaries in ,escrow ,if by the first   
day of a fiscal year 7beginning with    
fiscal year #bjbj71 a ,house of         
,congress has not passed each of the    
regular appropriation bills for such    
fiscal year1 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  7b7 ,period ,described    
,with respect to a ,house of ,congress  
and a fiscal year1 the period described 
in this paragraph is the period which   
begins on the first day of the fiscal   
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 such fiscal    
year2 or  7#b7 the last day of the      
,congress during which that fiscal year 
begins4  7c7 ,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  #c4 ,administration of      
escrow  7a7 ,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    
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 section #b 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 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 ,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 ,act4