S.Amdt. 2678

SA 2678. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 61, amending the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or
the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes
of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies
under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. NO BUDGET NO PAY.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``No
Budget, No Pay Act''.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Member of
Congress''--
(1) has the meaning given under section 2106 of title 5,
United States Code; and
(2) does not include the Vice President.
(c) Timely Approval of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
and the Appropriations Bills.--If both Houses of Congress
have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget as
described under section 301 of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for a fiscal
year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed
all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year
before October 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member
of Congress may not be paid for each day following that
October 1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress
approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal
year and all the regular appropriations bills.
(d) No Pay Without Concurrent Resolution on the Budget and
the Appropriations Bills.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise be made
available from the Treasury for the pay of any Member of
Congress during any period determined by the Chairpersons of
the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate or the Chairpersons of the
Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives under subsection (e).
(2) No retroactive pay.--A Member of Congress may not
receive pay for any period determined by the Chairpersons of
the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate or the Chairpersons of the
Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives under subsection (e), at any
time after the end of that period.
(e) Determinations.--
(1) Senate.--
(A) Request for certifications.--On October 1 of each year,
the Secretary of the Senate shall submit a request to the
Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate for certification of
determinations made under clause (i) and (ii) of subparagraph
(B).

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(B) Determinations.--The Chairpersons of the Committee on
the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
shall--
(i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of
whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (c) and
whether Senators may not be paid under that subsection;
(ii) determine the period of days following each October 1
that Senators may not be paid under subsection (c); and
(iii) provide timely certification of the determinations
under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Secretary
of the Senate.
(2) House of representatives.--
(A) Request for certifications.--On October 1 of each year,
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives shall submit a request to the Chairpersons of
the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives for
certification of determinations made under clauses (i) and
(ii) of subparagraph (B).
(B) Determinations.--The Chairpersons of the Committee on
the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives shall--
(i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of
whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (c) and
whether Members of the House of Representatives may not be
paid under that subsection;
(ii) determine the period of days following each October 1
that Members of the House of Representatives may not be paid
under subsection (c); and
(iii) provide timely certification of the determinations
under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
(f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on
February 1, 2017.
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