,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aa1        
#bjai,mr4 ,schneider 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,casten of ,illinois1 and ,mr4          
,blumenauer7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to prohibit pay raises for the
 ,vice ,president and any senior        
political appointee at a ,federal agency
 subject to a lapse in appropriations1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no
 ,political ,pay ,raises ,during        
,shutdowns ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on   
pay raise during ,government shutdown   
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 during any      
period of a lapse in discretionary      
appropriations beginning on or after    
,december #bb1 #bjah1 the ,vice         
,president and any senior political     
appointee at an agency with respect to  
which appropriations have lapsed may not

 receive a pay rate increase4  7b7      
,administration ,in carrying out any pay
 freeze under subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 the 
term senior political appointee means an
 individual occupying any position      
described under subsections 7b7 through 
7e7 of section #gch of the ,financial   
,services and ,general ,government      
,appropriations ,act1 #bjah 7division ,e
 of ,public ,law #aae-ada72 and  7#b7   
the requirements of subsections 7f7     
through 7k7 of such section #gch shall  
apply4