119-hr113

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 113 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 113

 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 2026, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on 
House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 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 2026, 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 ``Budget Process Enhancement Act''.

 TITLE I--CHANGES IN THE BASELINE

SEC. 101. CHANGES IN THE BASELINE.

 

Section 257
            (c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended--

    (1) in the second sentence of paragraph

    (1) , by striking 
 everything that follows ``current year,'' and inserting 
 ``excluding resources designated as an emergency requirement 
 and any resources provided in supplemental appropriation 
 laws.'';

    (2) by striking paragraphs

    (2) ,

    (3) ,

    (4) , and

    (5) ;

    (3) by redesignating paragraph

    (6) as paragraph

    (2) ; and

    (4) by inserting after paragraph

    (2) the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (3) No adjustment for inflation.--No adjustment shall be 
 made for inflation or for any other factor.''.

 TITLE II--BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

SEC. 201. HOLDING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN ESCROW UPON 
 FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.

    (a) Holding Salaries in Escrow.--

    (1) In general.--If by April 15, 2025, a House of Congress 
 has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for 
 fiscal year 2026 pursuant to 

section 301 of the Congressional 
 Budget Act of 1974, 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, 
 the period described in this paragraph is the period which 
 begins on April 16, 2025, and ends on the earlier of--
        (A) the day on which the House of Congress agrees 
 to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
 year 2026 pursuant to 

section 301 of the Congressional 
 Budget Act of 1974; or
        (B) the last day of the One Hundred Eighteenth 
 Congress.

    (3) 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

    (1) that would 
 apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to 
 paragraph

    (1) .

    (4) 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 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 One Hundred 
 Eighteenth Congress.

    (5) 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.

    (b) Treatment of Delegates as Members.--In this section, the term 
``Member of Congress'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
the Congress.
            (c) Payroll Administrator Defined.--In this section, the term 
``payroll administrator'' of a House of Congress means--

    (1) 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

    (2) 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.

SEC. 202. DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO 
 SUBMIT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

 Not later than 3 days after the President's budget is due, the 
Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management shall--

    (1) make an annual determination of whether the Director of 
 the Office of Management and Budget and the President are in 
 compliance with 

section 1105 of title 31, United States Code; 
 and

    (2) 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 
 Representatives.

SEC. 203. NO PAY UPON FAILURE TO TIMELY SUBMIT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 
 TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 Budget, the Deputy Director of the Office, 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 202.

    (b) No Retroactive Pay.--The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, the Deputy Director of the Office, 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 202 at any time after the end of 
that period.

SEC. 204. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 Sections 202 and 203 shall take effect upon the date of enactment 
of this Act.
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