,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4  
,cooper 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 
,kind1 ,mrs4 ,capps1 ,mr4 ,schrader1    
,mr4 ,owens1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mr4 ,barrow
 of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4       
,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,matheson1 ,mr4          
,mulvaney1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,rigell1
 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 and ,mr4  
,barber7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide that ,members of ,congress shall
 be paid last whenever the ,treasury is 
unable to satisfy the obligations of the
 ,united ,states ,government in a timely
 manner because the public debt limit   
has been reached4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
,pay for ,members ,act4  #b4 ,members of
 ,congress to be paid last  7a7 ,in     
general ,in the event that the public   
debt of the ,united ,states ,government 
reaches the public debt limit1 the      

obligation to pay basic pay of ,members 
of ,congress may not be satisfied       
until--  7#a7 all other obligations of  
the ,united ,states ,government which   
are then due have been satisfied2 or    
7#b7 if earlier1 the ability of the     
,treasury to satisfy the obligations of 
the ,united ,states ,government in      
timely manner is restored1 whether by an
 increase in the public debt limit or   
otherwise4  7b7 ,consent ,each ,member  
of ,congress consents and agrees that   
payment of basic pay in accordance with 
subsection 7a7 shall constitute a full  
and complete discharge and acquittance  
of all claims and demands for service as
 such a ,member during the period       
covered by the payment4  #c4            
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
,act--  7#a7 the term public debt limit 
means the dollar limitation contained in
 section #caja7;b7 of title #ca1 ,united
 ,states ,code2 and  7#b7 the term      
,member of ,congress means--  7,a7 each 
,senator1 ,member of the ,house of      

,representatives1 and ,delegate to the  
,house of ,representatives1 and the     
,resident ,commissioner from ,puerto    
,rico2  7,b7 the ,president pro tempore 
of the ,senate1 the majority leader and 
the minority leader of the ,senate1 and 
the majority leader and the minority    
leader of the ,house of                 
,representatives2 and  7,c7 the ,speaker
 of the ,house of ,representatives4