[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 141 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 141
To reduce the pay of Members of the House of Representatives if a
Speaker is not elected on the first day of a Congress.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2023
Ms. Craig introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on
Oversight and Accountability, 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 reduce the pay of Members of the House of Representatives if a
Speaker is not elected on the first day of a Congress.
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 ``No Pay for Disarray Act''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE IF SPEAKER IS NOT ELECTED.
(a) Reduction of Pay.--
(1) Reduction.--If, by the end of the first day of a
Congress, the House of Representatives has not elected a
Speaker, the annual rate of pay applicable under section 601(a)
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501)
with respect to each Member of the House of Representatives for
the year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product
of--
(A) an amount equal to one day's worth of pay under
such annual rate; and
(B) the number of 24-hour periods occurring during
the Congress during which no Speaker has been elected
for the Congress.
(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with
respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress and each
succeeding Congress.
(b) Rule for One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.--
(1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If, by the end of the
first day of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, the House of
Representatives has not elected a Speaker, 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 Act, shall--
(A) deposit in an escrow account and exclude from
the payments otherwise required to be made for the
compensation of each Member of the House of
Representatives with respect to a pay period during
which the House has not elected a Speaker an amount
equal to the product of--
(i) the daily rate of pay of the Member
under section 601(a) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and
(ii) the number of 24-hour periods during
which no Speaker has been elected for the One
Hundred Eighteenth Congress; and
(B) release amounts deposited in an escrow account
under subparagraph (A) to such Member of the House of
Representatives only upon the expiration of the period
described in paragraph (2).
(2) Period described.--The period described in this
paragraph is the period that--
(A) begins on the first day of the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress; and
(B) ends on the earlier of--
(i) the date on the House elects a Speaker
for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress; or
(ii) the last day of the One Hundred
Eighteenth Congress.
(3) Withholding and remittance of amounts from payments
held in escrow.--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 Act, 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 subsection is carried out in a manner that
shall not vary the compensation of Representatives in violation
of the twenty-seventh amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, 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 Act, shall release for
payment to Members of the House of Representatives any amounts
remaining in any escrow account under this section on the last
day of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
(c) Member Defined.--In this section, the term ``Member of the
House of Representatives'' means an individual serving in a position in
the House of Representatives which is covered under subparagraph (A),
(B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(1)).
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