,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,budget1 and in
 addition to the ,committees on ,house  
,administration1 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 remove the discretionary 
inflater from the baseline and to       
provide that the salaries of ,members of
 a ,house of ,congress will be held in  
escrow if that ,house has not agreed to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget   
for fiscal year #bjbf1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,budget ,process    
,enhancement ,act4  ,i ,changes in the  
,baseline  #aja4 ,changes in the        
baseline ,section #beg7;c7 of the       

,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe is      
amended-- 7#a7 in the second sentence of
 paragraph 7#a71 by striking everything 
that follows current year1 and inserting
 excluding resources designated as an   
emergency requirement and any resources 
provided in supplemental appropriation  
laws42  7#b7 by striking paragraphs     
7#b71 7#c71 7#d71 and 7#e72  7#c7 by    
redesignating paragraph 7#f7 as         
paragraph 7#b72 and  7#d7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#b7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#c7 ,no adjustment for     
inflation ,no adjustment shall be made  
for inflation or for any other factor4  
4  ,,ii ,budget ,accountability of      
,members of ,congress  #bja4 ,holding   
salaries of ,members of ,congress in    
escrow upon failure to agree to budget  
resolution  7a7 ,holding salaries in    
escrow  7#a7 ,in general ,if by ,april  
#ae1 #bjbe1 a ,house of ,congress has   
not agreed to a concurrent resolution on
 the budget for fiscal year #bjbf       

pursuant to section #cja of the         
,congressional ,budget ,act of #aigd1   
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 #bjbe1 and ends on the      
earlier of-- 7,a7 the day on which the  
,house of ,congress agrees to a         
concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year #bjbf pursuant to section   
#cja of the ,congressional ,budget ,act 
of #aigd2 or  7,b7 the last day of the  
,one ,hundred ,eighteenth ,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 section 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          
,eighteenth ,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 section4  7b7 ,treatment of       
,delegates as ,members ,in this section1
 the term ,member of ,congress includes 
a ,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner  
to the ,congress4  7c7 ,payroll         
administrator defined ,in this section1 
the term 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  #bjb4 ,determination 
of compliance with statutory requirement
 to submit the ,president's budget ,not 

later than #c days after the            
,president's budget is due1 the         
,inspector ,general of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall-- 7#a7 make
 an annual determination of whether the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget and the ,president are in   
compliance with section #aaje of title  
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7#b7   
provide a written notification of such  
determination to the ,chairs of the     
,committee on the ,budget and the       
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate and the ,chairs of the          
,committee on the ,budget and the       
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives4  #bjc4 ,no  
pay upon failure to timely submit the   
,president's budget to ,congress  7a7   
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 no funds may be       
appropriated or otherwise be made       
available from the ,united ,states      
,treasury for the pay of the ,director  
of the ,office of ,management and       

,budget1 the ,deputy ,director of the   
,office1 or the ,deputy ,director for   
,management of the ,office during any   
period of noncompliance determined by   
the ,inspector ,general of the ,office  
of ,personnel ,management under section 
#bjb4  7b7 ,no retroactive pay ,the     
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget1 the ,deputy ,director of   
the ,office1 and the ,deputy ,director  
for ,management of the ,office may not  
receive pay for any period of           
noncompliance determined by the         
,inspector ,general of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management under section    
#bjb at any time after the end of that  
period4  #bjd4 ,effective date ,sections
 #bjb and #bjc shall take effect upon   
the date of enactment of this ,act4