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H.R. 308 113th Congress House

Constitutional Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2013

Official 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… Show full official titleShow less

Official 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.

Introduced: January 18, 2013 See on congress.gov
Congress AppropriationsBudget processGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of Congress
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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 18, 2013
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 Latest action January 18, 2013

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

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 372 Budget or Bust Act
  • HR 1181 Sequestration of Pay for Members of Congress Act of 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 308: Constitutional Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-308/
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"H.R. 308: Constitutional Congressional Pay Accountability Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-308/.
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H.R. 308, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-308/.
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