,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dheb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ai1        
#bjah,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,poliquin1 ,mr4 ,pittenger1 ,mr4        
,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,gallagher1 ,mr4 ,faso1
 ,mr4 ,yoder1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4        
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4        
,smucker1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,cole1 and 
,mr4 ,gottheimer7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,appropriations1 and  
in addition to the ,committees on ,house
 ,administration1 and ,oversight and    
,government ,reform1 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 make continuing          
appropriations for military pay in the  
event of a shutdown of the ,federal     
,government1 to reduce the pay of       
,members of ,congress during periods in 
which such a shutdown is in effect1 and 

for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,pay ,our
 ,protectors ,not ,our ,politicians ,act
 of #bjah4  #b4 ,continuing             
appropriations for members of the ,armed
 ,forces and employees of the           
,department of ,homeland ,security  7a7 
,in general ,there are hereby           
appropriated for fiscal year #bjah1 out 
of any money in the ,treasury not       
otherwise appropriated1 for any period  
during which interim or full-year       
appropriations for fiscal year #bjah are
 not in effect--  7#a7 such sums as are 
necessary to provide pay and allowances 
to members of the ,armed ,forces 7as    
defined in section #aja7;a77#d7 of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code71 including 
reserve components thereof1 who perform 
active service during such period1      
including ,active ,guard and ,reserve   
duty under section #cbh of title #cb1   
,united ,states ,code2  7#b7 such sums  
as are necessary to provide pay and     
allowances to members of the reserve    

components of the ,armed ,forces 7as    
named in section #ajaja of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code7 who perform      
inactive-duty training 7as defined in   
section #aja7;d77#g7 of such title7     
during such period2  7#c7 such sums as  
are necessary to provide pay and        
allowances to the civilian personnel of 
the ,department of ,defense 7and the    
,department of ,homeland ,security in   
the case of the ,coast ,guard7 whom the 
,secretary concerned determines are     
providing support to members of the     
,armed ,forces described in paragraph   
7#a72  7#d7 such sums as are necessary  
to provide pay and allowances to        
contractors of the ,department of       
,defense 7and the ,department of        
,homeland ,security in the case of the  
,coast ,guard7 whom the ,secretary      
concerned determines are providing      
support to members of the ,armed ,forces
 described in paragraph 7#a72  7#e7 such
 sums as are necessary to provide pay   
and allowances to employees of the      

,department of ,homeland ,security whom 
the ,secretary concerned determines are 
performing national security activities2
  7#f7 such sums as are necessary to    
provide death gratuities under sections 
#adge-adgg and #adhi of title #aj1      
,united ,states ,code2  7#g7 such sums  
as are necessary to provide payment or  
reimbursement for funeral and burial    
expenses authorized under sections #adha
 and #adhb of title #aj1 ,united ,states
 ,code2  7#h7 such sums as are necessary
 to provide payment or reimbursement of 
authorized funeral travel and travel    
related to the dignified transfer of    
remains and unit memorial services under
 section #dha;f of title #cg1 ,united   
,states ,code2 and  7#i7 such sums as   
are necessary to provide the temporary  
continuation of a basic allowance of    
housing for dependents of members dying 
on active duty1 as authorized by section
 #djc7l7 of title #cg1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7b7 ,termination ,appropriations
 and funds made available and authority 

granted pursuant to this section shall  
be available until whichever of the     
following first occurs3 7#a7 the        
enactment into law of an appropriation  
7including a continuing appropriation7  
for any purpose for which amounts are   
made available in section #b2 7#b7 the  
enactment into law of the applicable    
regular or continuing appropriations    
resolution or other ,act without any    
appropriation for such purpose2 or 7#c7 
,january #a1 #bjai4  7c7 ,secretary     
concerned defined ,in this section1 the 
term ,secretary concerned means-- 7#a7  
the ,secretary of ,defense with respect 
to matters concerning the ,department of
 ,defense2 and  7#b7 the ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security with respect to     
matters concerning the ,department of   
,homeland ,security or the ,coast       
,guard4  #c4 ,requiring reduction of pay
 of ,members of ,congress if ,government
 shutdown occurs  7a7 ,reduction of pay 
for each day of ,government shutdown ,if
 on any day during a year a ,government 

shutdown is in effect1 the annual rate  
of pay applicable under section #fja7;a7
 of the ,legislative ,reorganization    
,act of #aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #deja7 with 
respect to each ,member of ,congress for
 the year shall be reduced by an amount 
equal to the product of--  7#a7 an      
amount equal to one day's worth of pay  
under such annual rate2 and  7#b7 the   
number of #bd-;hour periods during which
 the ,government shutdown is in effect4 
7b7 ,effective date ,subsection 7a7     
shall apply only with respect to days   
occurring during the ,one ,hundred      
,sixteenth ,congress and each succeeding
 ,congress4  7c7 ,special rule for ,one 
,hundred ,fifteenth ,congress  7#a7     
,holding salaries in escrow ,if on any  
day during the ,one ,hundred ,fifteenth 
,congress a ,government shutdown is in  
effect1 the payroll administrator of    
that ,house of ,congress shall--  7,a7  
withhold from the payments otherwise    
required to be made with respect to a   
pay period for the compensation of each 

,member of ,congress who serves in that 
,house of ,congress an amount equal to  
the product of-- 7i7 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 #deja72 and  7ii7   
the number of #bd-;hour periods during  
which the ,government shutdown is in    
effect which occur during the pay       
period2 and  7,b7 deposit in an escrow  
account all amounts withheld under      
paragraph 7#a74  7#b7 ,release of       
amounts at end of the ,congress ,in     
order to ensure that this section is    
carried out in a manner that shall not  
vary the compensation of ,senators or   
,representatives in violation of the    
twenty-seventh article of amendment to  
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 the payroll administrator of a 
,house of ,congress shall release for   
payments to ,members of that ,house of  
,congress any amounts remaining in any  

escrow account under this section on the
 last day of the ,one ,hundred          
,fifteenth ,congress4  7#c7 ,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  7#d7 ,exception for days
 occurring after general election ,this 
section does not apply with respect to  
any day during the ,one ,hundred        
,fifteenth ,congress which occurs after 
the date of the regularly scheduled     
general election for ,federal office    
held in ,november #bjah4  7d7           
,determination of ,government shutdown  
,for purposes of this section1 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  7e7          

,definitions ,in this section3 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 #deja74  7#b7 ,the term       
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