,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,curtis introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,oversight and ,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     
prohibit the pay of ,members of         
,congress during periods in which a     
,government shutdown is in effect1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no      
,work1 ,no ,pay ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,prohibiting pay of ,members of         
,congress in response to government     
shutdown  7a7 ,prohibition of ,pay ,if  
on any day during a pay period 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 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  7#b7 the number  
of #bd-;hour periods during which the   
,government shutdown is in effect which 
occur during the pay period4  7b7 ,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  7c7 ,payroll            
administrator defined ,in this section1 
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  7d7 ,effective date  
,this section shall apply with respect  
to days occurring during the ,one       
,hundred ,seventeenth ,congress and each
 succeeding ,congress4  #c4             
,determination of ,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  #d4 ,member  

of ,congress defined ,in this ,act1 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