,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bcbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ai1  
#bjah,ms4 ,heitkamp 7for herself1 ,mrs4 
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,ms4         
,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 ,brown1  
,ms4 ,hassan1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,peters1
 and ,mr4 ,casey7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit paying ,members 
of ,congress during periods during which
 a ,government shutdown is in effect1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no
 ,government ,no ,pay ,act of #bjah4    
#b4 ,prohibiting paying ,members of     
,congress in response to ,government    
shutdown  7a7 ,prohibition of pay ,for  
any pay period during which a           
,government shutdown is in effect1 the  
payroll administrator of each ,house of 
,congress shall exclude from the        
payments otherwise required to be made  

with respect to that 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 the daily rate of pay of the 
,member of ,congress under section      
#fja7;a7 of the ,legislative            
,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #deja72 and  7#b7 the number  
of #bd-;hour periods during the pay     
period during which the ,government     
shutdown is in effect4  7b7 ,role of    
,secretary of the ,treasury ,the        
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
provide the payroll administrator of    
each ,house of ,congress with such      
assistance as may be necessary to enable
 the payroll administrator to carry out 
this ,act4  #c4 ,definitions ,in this   
,act-- 7#a7 the term ,government        
shutdown means a lapse in appropriations
 for #a or more ,federal agencies or    
departments as a result of a failure to 
enact a regular appropriations bill or  
continuing resolution2  7#b7 the term   

,member of ,congress means an individual
 serving in a position covered under    
subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 or 7,c7 of     
section #fja7;a77#a7 of the ,legislative
 ,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b      
,u4,s4,c4 #deja7a772 and  7#c7 the term 
payroll administrator1 with respect to a
 ,house of ,congress1 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 ,act2 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 ,act4  #d4 ,effective date     
,this ,act shall apply on and after the 
date on which the ,one ,hundred         
,sixteenth ,congress convenes4