HR 3887 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2014

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 15, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2014 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house if by April 15 of any calendar year, beginning with 2015, that house has not agreed to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 of the calendar year. Requires release to those Members of such payments after April 16 of the calendar year, only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house agrees to a concurrent budget resolution for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year, or (2) the last day of Congress during which that calendar year occurs.

Sets forth similar requirements if by July 31 of a calendar year, beginning with 2014, a house of Congress has not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year. Requires release to the appropriate Members of salary payments after August 1 of the calendar year, only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house has passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that calendar year, or (2) the last day of Congress during which that calendar year occurs.

Requires the payroll administrator of a house of Congress, in order to ensure that this Act is carried out in a manner consistent with the Constitution, to release for payments to Members of that house any amounts remaining in any escrow account under this Act on the last day of Congress during which the amounts were deposited in such account.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2014 to Feb 10, 2014, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZMatt SalmonOriginalJan 15, 2014
R-FLRon DeSantisOriginalJan 15, 2014
R-PAScott PerryJan 27, 2014
R-VAE. Scott RigellFeb 10, 2014

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 15, 2014Introduced in House
  2. Jan 15, 2014Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  3. Jan 15, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H229-230)

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 325No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013Related billFeb 4, 2013
HR 4043Getting Government to Work Act of 2014Related billFeb 11, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 15, 2014Introduced in House

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