S.Amdt. 4832

SA 4832. Mr. ALLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. NO DISBURSEMENT OF PAY TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IF
APPROPRIATIONS ACTS NOT TIMELY PASSED.

(a) Restriction on Disbursement of Pay.--
(1) In general.--If, as of the first day of any fiscal
year, Congress has not passed all final appropriations acts
necessary to provide appropriations for the entirety of that
fiscal year, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may
not disburse net pay to any Member of Congress for any pay
period beginning in that fiscal year before the date on which
notice is provided under subsection (b)(2) that all such
final appropriation acts have been passed.
(2) Disbursement after passage.--The Secretary of the
Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives shall disburse all amounts of net pay to
Members of Congress not disbursed under paragraph (1) at the
same time pay is disbursed for the first pay period beginning
after the period to which paragraph (1) applies.
(b) Notice.--The President pro tempore of the Senate shall
provide notice to the Secretary of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall provide notice
to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives--
(1) of any restriction on disbursement of pay under
subsection (a)(1), on the first day of the fiscal year to
which the restriction applies; and
(2) of the passage by Congress of all final appropriations
acts described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to that
fiscal year, on the date that passage occurs.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to affect the authority of the Secretary of the
Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives relating to withholdings, deductions, or any
other administrative function relating to pay as otherwise
authorized by law.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on
January 3, 2007.
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