Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.

Expresses the sense of Congress that if, during any period of a fiscal year interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces have not been enacted, or the federal government is unable to make payments from such accounts because the public debt limit has been reached, Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should donate any salary received for that period to the Treasury to reduce the national debt.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 56 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 56

    Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the 
 President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the 
Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces 
 do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal 
  Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and 
       allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2011

  Mr. Flores submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
 addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of Congress that Members of Congress, the 
 President, and the Vice President should donate their salaries to the 
Treasury for reducing the national debt if members of the Armed Forces 
 do not receive pay or allowances because of a shutdown of the Federal 
  Government or because the Government is unable to fund such pay and 
       allowances because the public debt limit has been reached.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that if during any period of a fiscal 
year interim or full-year appropriations for the personnel accounts of 
the Armed Forces have not been enacted, or the Federal Government is 
unable to make payments from such accounts because the public debt 
limit under section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, has been 
reached, Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President 
should donate any salary received for that period to the Treasury for 
purposes of reducing the national debt.
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