,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ai1      
#bjac,mr4 ,reed introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committees on ,armed ,services1 ,house 
,administration1 ,ways and ,means1      
,energy and ,commerce1 and ,veterans'   
,affairs1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit ,members of     
,congress1 the ,president1 the ,vice    
,president1 and the head of any         
,executive department from receiving pay
 for any period in which there is a     
,government shutdown and to provide for 
payments to seniors1 military and       
veterans during a ,government shutdown4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,pay ,our ,veterans and ,seniors

 ,first ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition  7a7 ,in
 general ,a ,member of ,congress1 the   
,president1 the ,vice ,president1 and   
the head of any ,executive department   
shall not receive basic pay for any     
period in which there is more than a    
#bd-;hour lapse in appropriations for   
any ,executive agency as a result of a  
failure to enact a regular              
appropriations bill or continuing       
resolution4  7b7 ,retroactive ,pay      
,prohibited ,no pay forfeited in        
accordance with subsection 7a7 may be   
paid retroactively4  #c4 ,continuation  
of payments for certain purposes ,during
 any lapse in appropriations during     
fiscal year #bjad when interim or       
full-year appropriations for the        
affected accounts have not been enacted1
 from amounts in the general fund of the
 ,treasury not otherwise appropriated1  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall   
transfer to the appropriate ,secretary  
such amounts as are necessary to provide
 the following3 7#a7 ,pay and allowances

 to members of the ,armed ,forces1      
including reserve component members1 who
 perform active service4  7#b7 ,benefits
 under-- 7,a7 the ,,tricare for ,life   
program under chapter #ee of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code2  7,b7 the        
,medicare program under title ,,xviii of
 the ,social ,security ,act2 and  7,c7  
title ,,ii of the ,social ,security     
,act4  7#c7 ,benefits and programs under
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  #d4 
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
,act-- 7#a7 the term ,executive         
department has the meaning given such   
term by section #aja of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#b7 the    
term ,executive agency has the meaning  
given such term by section #aje of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4