Pass a Budget Now Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rate of pay for a Member of Congress for failure to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
Reduces the rate of pay during each pay period of any year, if there is no agreement by April 15 on a budget resolution for the following fiscal year, by an amount equal to the product of the average daily rate of pay involved and the number of days during the pay period which occur after April 15 and before Congress does reach agreement on a budget resolution.
Requires all unpaid compensation to be used for deficit reduction.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4036 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4036
To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to impose a daily
reduction in the rates of pay for Members of Congress if Congress fails
to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 15, 2012
Mr. Johnson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the
Committee on 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 amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to impose a daily
reduction in the rates of pay for Members of Congress if Congress fails
to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
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 ``Pass a Budget Now Act''.
SEC. 2. DAILY REDUCTION IN RATES OF PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR
FAILURE TO AGREE TO CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON BUDGET.
(a) Reduction.--Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2):
``(3)(A) If by April 15 of any year a House of Congress has not
agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year
which begins on October 1 of that year, the rate of pay for each of the
positions of that House which are described in paragraph (1) shall be
reduced during each pay period occurring during the year by an amount
equal to the product of--
``(i) the average daily rate of pay for the position
involved for pay periods occurring during the year (determined
on the basis of the annual rate of pay for such positions under
this subsection); and
``(ii) the number of days during the pay period which occur
after April 15 and before that House agrees to a concurrent
resolution on the budget for the fiscal year which begins on
October 1 of that year.
``(B) To the extent that compensation is not paid to Members of
Congress as a result of this paragraph, the amounts not paid shall be
used for deficit reduction.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to 2013 and each succeeding year.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 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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