Getting Government to Work Act of 2014 - Suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on February 2, 2015.
Revises the special rule relating to obligations issued during the suspension period to provide for an increase in the debt limit, effective February 3, 2015, to the extent that: (1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) that are outstanding on February 3, 2015, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act.
Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before February 3, 2015.
Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house if by April 15 of any calendar year, beginning with 2015, that house has not agreed to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year. Requires release of such payments to those Members after April 16 of that calendar year only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house agrees to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year, or (2) the last day of the Congress during which that calendar year occurs.
Sets forth similar suspension of pay requirements if by July 31 of a calendar year, beginning with 2014, a house of Congress has not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year. Requires release of salary payments to the appropriate Members after August 1 of the calendar year only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house has passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of that year, or (2) the last day of the Congress during which that calendar year occurs.
Requires the payroll administrator of a house of Congress, in order to ensure that this Act is carried out in a manner consistent with the Constitution, to release for payments to Members of that house any amounts remaining in any escrow account under this Act on the last day of the Congress during which the amounts were deposited in such account.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4043 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4043
To suspend the debt ceiling temporarily, to hold the salaries of
Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the House of Congress does
not agree to a budget resolution or pass regular appropriation bills on
a timely basis during a Congress, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 11, 2014
Mr. Rothfus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, 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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A BILL
To suspend the debt ceiling temporarily, to hold the salaries of
Members of a House of Congress in escrow if the House of Congress does
not agree to a budget resolution or pass regular appropriation bills on
a timely basis during a Congress, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Getting Government to Work Act of
2014''.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEBT CEILING.
(a) Suspension.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code,
shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act and ending on February 2, 2015.
(b) Special Rule Relating to Obligations Issued During Suspension
Period.--Effective February 3, 2015, the limitation in section 3101(b)
of title 31, United States Code, as increased by section 3101A of such
title, is increased to the extent that--
(1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31
of such title and the face amount of obligations whose
principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States
Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary
of the Treasury) outstanding on February 3, 2015, exceeds
(2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
An obligation shall not be taken into account under paragraph (1)
unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary to fund a
commitment incurred by the Federal Government that required payment
before February 3, 2015.
SEC. 3. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN ESCROW UPON FAILURE
TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION OR PASS REGULAR
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.
(a) Failure To Pass Budget Resolution.--
(1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If by April 15 of any
calendar year (beginning with 2015), a House of Congress has
not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the
fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year,
during the period described in paragraph (2) 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 Congress, and shall release such
payments to such Members only upon the expiration of such
period.
(2) Period described.--With respect to a House of Congress
and a calendar year, the period described in this paragraph is
the period which begins on April 16 of the calendar year and
ends on the earlier of--
(A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees
to a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal
year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year;
or
(B) the last day of the Congress during which that
calendar year occurs.
(b) Failure To Pass Regular Appropriation Bills.--
(1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If by July 31 of any
calendar year (beginning with 2014), a House of Congress has
not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the
fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year,
during the period described in paragraph (2) 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 Congress, and shall release such
payments to such Members only upon the expiration of such
period.
(2) Period described.--With respect to a House of Congress
and a calendar year, the period described in this paragraph is
the period which begins on August 1 of the calendar year and
ends on the earlier of--
(A) the first day by which the House of Congress
has passed each of the regular appropriation bills for
the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that
calendar year; or
(B) the last day of the Congress during which that
calendar year occurs.
(3) Regular appropriation bill defined.--The term ``regular
appropriation bill'' means any annual appropriation bill which,
with respect to the Congress involved, is under the
jurisdiction of a single subcommittee of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives (pursuant to the
Rules of the House of Representatives for that Congress) and a
single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate (pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate).
(c) Administration of Escrow.--
(1) 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 subsection (a) or
subsection (b) that would apply to the payment if the payment
were not subject to such section.
(2) 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 section.
(d) Release of Amounts at End of a Congress.--In order to ensure
that this section is carried out in a manner consistent with the
twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, 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
Congress during which the amounts were deposited in such account.
(e) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``Member'' includes a Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to the Congress; and
(2) the ``payroll administrator'' of a House of Congress
means--
(A) in the case of the House of Representatives,
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by the
Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this section;
and
(B) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the
Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Secretary
of the Senate who is designated by the Secretary to
carry out this section.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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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