,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #b1         
#bjac,mr4 ,hall introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
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     
withhold the pay of ,members of         
,congress1 the ,president1 and the ,vice
 ,president if a ,government shutdown is
 in effect or the ,government is unable 
to make payments or meet obligations    
because the public debt limit has been  
reached1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,pay ,accountability ,act4  #b4     
,withholding of ,pay of ,members of     
,congress if ,government shutdown is in 
effect or public debt limit is reached  

7a7 ,holding ,salaries in ,escrow ,if   
during any pay period during a ,congress
 a ,government shutdown is in effect or 
the public debt limit is reached1 the   
payroll administrator of a ,house of    
,congress shall-- 7#a7 withhold from the
 payments otherwise required to be made 
with respect to the pay period for the  
compensation of each ,member of         
,congress who serves in that ,house of  
,congress an amount equal to the product
 of-- 7,a7 an amount equal to one day's 
worth of pay under the annual rate of   
pay applicable to the ,member under     
section #fja7;a7 of the ,legislative    
,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #ca7 for the pay period2 and  
7,b7 the number of #bd-;hour periods    
during which the ,government shutdown is
 in effect or the public debt limit is  
reached 7as the case may be7 which occur
 during the pay period2 and  7#b7       
deposit in an escrow account all amounts
 withheld under paragraph 7#a74  7b7    
,transfer to ,secretary of the ,treasury

 at end of the ,congress  7#a7 ,transfer
 ,the payroll administrator of a ,house 
of ,congress shall transfer to the      
,secretary of the ,treasury any amounts 
remaining in any escrow account under   
this section on the last day of the     
,congress involved4  7#b7 ,requiring    
,amounts to be ,used for ,deficit       
,reduction ,any amounts transferred to  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury under   
paragraph 7#a7 shall be deposited in the
 ,treasury and used for deficit         
reduction4  7c7 ,role of ,secretary of  
the ,treasury ,the ,secretary of the    
,treasury shall provide the payroll     
administrators of the ,houses of        
,congress with such assistance as may be
 necessary to enable the payroll        
administrators to carry out this        
section4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section-- 7#a7 the term ,member of      
,congress means an individual serving in
 a position under subparagraph 7,a71    
7,b71 or 7,c7 of section #fja7;a7 of the
 ,legislative ,reorganization ,act of   

#aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ca72 and  7#b7 the 
payroll administrator of a ,house of    
,congress means-- 7,a7 in the case of   
the ,house of ,representatives1 the     
,chief ,administrative ,officer of the  
,house of ,representatives1 or an       
employee of the ,office of the ,chief   
,administrative ,officer who is         
designated by the ,chief ,administrative
 ,officer to carry out this section2 and
  7,b7 in the case of the ,senate1 the  
,secretary of the ,senate1 or an        
employee of the ,office of the          
,secretary of the ,senate who is        
designated by the ,secretary to carry   
out this section4  #c4 ,withholding of  
pay of ,president and ,vice ,president  
if ,government shutdown occurs or public
 debt limit is reached  7a7 ,holding    
,salaries in ,escrow ,if during any pay 
period during a ,president's or ,vice   
,president's term of office a           
,government shutdown is in effect or the
 public debt limit is reached1 the      
,white ,house ,office shall-- 7#a7      

withhold from the payments otherwise    
required to be made with respect to the 
pay period for the compensation of the  
,president or the ,vice ,president an   
amount equal to the product of-- 7,a7 an
 amount equal to one day's worth of pay 
under the annual rate of compensation of
 the ,president under #ajb of title #c1 
,united ,states ,code1 or the annual    
rate of salary of the ,vice ,president  
under section #ajd of title #c1 ,united 
,states ,code 7as the case may be71 for 
the pay period2 and  7,b7 the number of 
#bd-;hour periods during which the      
,government shutdown is in effect or the
 public debt limit is reached 7as the   
case may be7 which occur during the pay 
period2 and  7#b7 deposit in an escrow  
account all amounts withheld under      
paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,role of ,secretary
 of the ,treasury ,the ,secretary of the
 ,treasury shall provide the ,white     
,house ,office with such assistance as  
may be necessary to enable the ,white   
,house ,office to carry out this        

section4  7c7 ,transfer to ,secretary of
 the ,treasury at end of ,term of       
,office  7#a7 ,transfer ,the ,white     
,house ,office shall transfer to the    
,secretary of the ,treasury any amounts 
remaining in any escrow account under   
this section on the last day of the     
,president's or ,vice ,president's term 
of office involved4  7#b7 ,requiring    
,amounts to be ,used for ,deficit       
,reduction ,any amounts transferred to  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury under   
paragraph 7#a7 shall be deposited in the
 ,treasury and used for deficit         
reduction4  #d4 ,determinations  7a7    
,government ,shutdown ,for purposes of  
this ,act1 a ,government shutdown shall 
be considered to be in effect if there  
is a lapse in appropriations for any    
,federal agency or department as a      
result of a failure to enact a regular  
appropriations bill or continuing       
resolution4  7b7 ,public ,debt ,limit   
,for purposes of this ,act1 the public  
debt limit shall be considered to be    

reached if the ,federal ,government is  
unable to make payments or meet         
obligations because the public debt     
limit under section #caja of title #ca1 
,united ,states ,code1 has been reached4