Bill > HR113

This bill proposes several significant changes to the federal budget process and congressional accountability. First, it removes the discretionary inflator (an automatic adjustment for inflation) from the federal budget baseline, which means budget projections will no longer include automatic increases for inflation. Second, the bill introduces a mechanism to hold Members of Congress' salaries in escrow if their chamber fails to agree on a budget resolution for fiscal year 2026 by April 15, 2025. Specifically, if a House of Congress (either the Senate or House of Representatives) does not pass a budget resolution, the payroll administrator will deposit their members' salary payments into an escrow account, which will be released only after the budget resolution is passed or by the end of the current Congress. Additionally, the bill requires the Inspector General of the Office of Personnel Management to determine whether the President and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have submitted the annual budget on time, and mandates that the OMB Director, Deputy Director, and Deputy Director for Management will not receive pay during any period of non-compliance. These provisions aim to incentivize timely budget processes and increase congressional accountability for budget planning.

Budget and Finance

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/113/all-info