,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,daines introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,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              
#ba1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj1 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 #di of the last #ed 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       
,effect of failure to adopt resolution  
providing for balanced budgets  7a7     
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term balanced budget means a concurrent
 resolution on the budget which provides
 that for fiscal year #bjbi1 and each   
fiscal year thereafter to which the     
concurrent resolution on the budget     
applies--  7,a7 total outlays do not    
exceed total receipts2 and  7,b7 total  
outlays are not more than #ah percent of
 the projected gross domestic product of

 the ,united ,states 7as determined by  
the ,bureau of ,economic ,analysis of   
the ,department of ,commerce7 for such  
fiscal year2  7#b7 the term ,director   
means the ,director of the ,office of   
,management and ,budget2 and  7#c7 the  
term ,member includes a ,delegate or    
,resident ,commissioner to ,congress4   
7b7 ,determination by the ,office of    
,management and ,budget ,upon adoption  
by a ,house of ,congress of a concurrent
 resolution on the budget for a fiscal  
year1 the ,director shall--  7#a7       
determine whether the concurrent        
resolution on the budget is a balanced  
budget2 and  7#b7 submit 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 adopted a       
balanced budget4  7c7 ,rule for fiscal  
years #bjbj and #bjba  7#a7 ,fiscal year
 #bjbj  7,a7 ,holding salaries in escrow
 ,if the ,director does not certify that

 a ,house of ,congress has adopted a    
balanced budget with respect to fiscal  
year #bjbj before ,april #af1 #bjai1    
during the period described in          
subparagraph 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            
subparagraph is the period that begins  
on ,april #af1 #bjai1 and ends on the   
earlier of--  7i7 the date on which the 
,director certifies that the ,house of  
,congress has adopted a balanced budget 
with respect to fiscal year #bjbj2 or   
7ii7 the last day of the ,one ,hundred  
,sixteenth ,congress4  7#b7 ,fiscal year
 #bjba  7,a7 ,holding salaries in escrow

 ,if the ,director does not certify that
 a ,house of ,congress has adopted a    
balanced budget with respect to fiscal  
year #bjba before ,april #af1 #bjbj1    
during the period described in          
subparagraph 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            
subparagraph is the period that begins  
on ,april #af1 #bjbj1 and ends on the   
earlier of--  7i7 the date on which the 
,director certifies that the ,house of  
,congress has adopted a balanced budget 
with respect to fiscal year #bjba2 or   
7ii7 the last day of the ,one ,hundred  
,sixteenth ,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 or 7#b7    
that would apply to the payment if the  
payment were not subject to paragraph   
7#a7 or 7#b74  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 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 ,sixteenth     
,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  7d7 ,rule for fiscal 
year #bjbb and subsequent fiscal years  
,if the ,director does not certify that 
a ,house of ,congress has adopted a     
balanced budget with respect to fiscal  

year #bjbb1 or any fiscal year          
thereafter1 before ,april #af of the    
fiscal year before such 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  #c4 
,supermajority requirement for          
increasing revenue  7a7 ,in general ,in 
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives1 a bill1 joint         
resolution1 amendment1 conference       
report1 or amendment between the ,houses
 that increases revenue shall only be   
agreed to upon an affirmative vote of   
three-fifths of the ,members of that    
,house of ,congress duly chosen and     
sworn4  7b7 ,rules of ,senate and the   
,house of ,representatives ,subsection  
7a7 is enacted by ,congress-- 7#a7 as an
 exercise of the rulemaking power of the
 ,senate and ,house of ,representatives1
 respectively1 and as such it is deemed 
a part of the rules of each ,house1     
respectively1 but applicable only with  

respect to the procedure to be followed 
in that ,house in the case of a bill1   
joint resolution1 amendment1 conference 
report1 or amendment between the ,houses
 that increases revenue1 and it         
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7#b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of either   
,house to change the rules 7so far as   
relating to the procedure of that       
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of that ,house4