S.Amdt. 1210

SA 1210. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H.
Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
IF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET AND
APPROPRIATIONS ARE NOT COMPLETED IN A TIMELY
MANNER.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) both Houses of Congress should approve a concurrent
resolution on the budget and all the regular appropriations
bills before October 1 of each fiscal year;
(2) if a concurrent resolution on the budget and all the
regular appropriations bills are not approved by October 1 of
each fiscal year, no funds should be appropriated or
otherwise be made available from the Treasury of the United
States for the pay of any Member of Congress during any
period after October 1 that a concurrent resolution on the
budget and all the regular appropriations bills are not
completed; and
(3) no retroactive pay should be provided to any Member of
Congress for any period for which pay is not made available
as described in paragraph (2).
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