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H.R. 3799 112th Congress House

Do Your Job Act

Official title: To prohibit the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses of the offices of Members and committees of Congress and to hold the salaries of Members of Con… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses of the offices of Members and committees of Congress and to hold the salaries of Members of Congress in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget on or before May 15 of each year, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 23, 2012 See on congress.gov
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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.
Jan 23, 2012
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 Latest action January 23, 2012

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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Do Your Job Act - Prohibits the disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses for specified congressional offices and committees, if on or before May 15 of any year Congress does not adopt a budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of that year.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit all payments otherwise required to be made for Members' compensation in an escrow account to be released to the Members only upon the adoption of such a resolution.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1
Duffy, Sean
· Jan 24, 2012
Bonner, Jo
· Jan 23, 2012
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 23, 2012
Jenkins, Lynn
· Jan 23, 2012
Nunes, Devin
· Jan 23, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3799: Do Your Job Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3799/
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