H.R. 308: Constitutional Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2013

Introduced:
Jan 18, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL14]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on January 18, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Jan 18, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 18, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

6% chance of getting past committee.
1% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [ methodology]

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Full Title

To require the salaries of Members of Congress to be held in escrow if all regular appropriation bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jan 18, 2013.
5 pages

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1/18/2013--Introduced.
Constitutional Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, if all of the regular appropriation bills for a fiscal year do not become law before the beginning of that fiscal year, to:
(1) deposit all payments otherwise required to be made for the compensation of Members of Congress in an escrow account, and
(2) release them to the Members only upon the enactment of all such bills.
Requires a 25% reduction in a Member's annual rate of pay for pay periods occurring during any Congress if all of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year in which that Congress begins do not become law before the first day of such Congress.

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