,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#bd1 #bjbj,ms4 ,mc,sally submitted the  
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,rules and        
,administration  ,,resolution           
,providing that the salaries of         
,senators shall be held in escrow until 
the ,senate has passed legislation that 
appropriately addresses the ,,covid-#ai 
outbreak4  #a4 ,no ,,covid-#ai relief1  
no pay  7a7 ,definitions ,in this       
section-- 7#a7 the term covered period  
means the period beginning ,march #be1  
#bjbj1 and ending on the earlier of--   
7,a7 the date that the ,senate passes   
,,covid-#ai relief legislation2 or  7,b7
 the last day of the ,one ,hundred      
,sixteenth ,congress2  7#b7 the term    
,,covid-#ai relief legislation means    
legislation that the majority leader of 
the ,senate determines appropriately    
addresses the ,,covid-#ai outbreak2 and 
7#c7 the term ,secretary of the ,senate 

means 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 resolution4  7b7 ,in general   
7#a7 ,deadline for passing ,,covid-#ai  
relief legislation ,if1 by ,march #bd1  
#bjbj1 the ,senate does not pass        
,,covid-#ai relief legislation1 then1   
for the duration of the covered period1 
the ,secretary of the ,senate shall--   
7,a7 deposit in an escrow account all   
payments otherwise required to be made  
during the covered period for the       
compensation of the ,senators2 and  7,b7
 release amounts deposited in an escrow 
account under subparagraph 7,a7 to the  
,senator only upon the expiration of the
 end of the covered period4  7#b7       
,withholding and remittance of amounts  
from payments held in escrow ,the       
,secretary of the ,senate 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#c7 ,release of amounts at end  
of the ,congress ,in order to ensure    
that this section is carried out in a   
manner that shall not vary the          
compensation of ,senators in violation  
of the twenty-seventh article of        
amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states1 the ,secretary of the  
,senate shall release for payments to   
,senators any amounts remaining in any  
escrow account under this section on the
 last day of the ,one ,hundred          
,sixteenth ,congress4  7#d7 ,role of    
,secretary of the ,treasury ,the        
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
provide the ,secretary of the ,senate   
with such assistance as may be necessary
 to enable the ,secretary of the ,senate
 to carry out this section4  7c7        
,notification ,the majority leader of   
the ,senate shall-- 7#a7 upon the date  
of enactment of this resolution1 inform 
the ,secretary of the ,senate that the  

provisions of subsection 7b7 are in     
effect2 and  7#b7 notify the ,secretary 
of the ,senate when the ,senate has     
passed ,,covid-#ai relief legislation   
and the covered period has ended4