,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjai,ms4 ,houlahan 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,slotkin1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 ,mr4 ,allred1 
,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mrs4      
,craig1 ,ms4 ,finkenauer1 ,mr4 ,harder  
of ,california1 ,ms4 ,kendra ,s4 ,horn  
of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,kim1 ,mrs4 ,lee of  
,nevada1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4         
,mc,adams1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 
,pappas1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 
,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,ms4       
,torres ,small of ,new ,mexico1 and     
,mrs4 ,trahan7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,appropriations1 and in   
addition to the ,committees on          
,oversight and ,reform1 ,house          
,administration1 and ,rules1 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     

amend title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide for automatic continuing     
appropriations1 to prohibit the use of  
funds for the official travel of        
,members of ,congress and executive     
branch employees and other activities   
during any period in which such         
automatic continuing appropriations are 
in effect1 to withhold the pay of       
,members of ,congress during any period 
in which such automatic continuing      
appropriations are in effect1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as ,the ,shutdown to  
,end ,all ,shutdowns ,act4  #b4         
,automatic continuing appropriations    
7a7 ,in ,general ,chapter #ac of title  
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting after section #acaj the    
following new section3  #acaa4          
,continuing appropriations  7a7  7#a7   
,if any appropriation measure for a     
fiscal year is not enacted before the   
beginning of such fiscal year or a joint
 resolution making continuing           

appropriations is not in effect1 there  
are appropriated such sums as may be    
necessary to continue any program1      
project1 or activity for which funds    
were provided in the preceding fiscal   
year--  7,a7 in the corresponding       
appropriation ,act for such preceding   
fiscal year2 or  7,b7 if the            
corresponding appropriation bill for    
such preceding fiscal year did not      
become law1 then in a joint resolution  
making continuing appropriations for    
such preceding fiscal year4  7#b7  7,a7 
,appropriations and funds made          
available1 and authority granted1 for a 
program1 project1 or activity for any   
fiscal year pursuant to this section    
shall be at a rate of operations not in 
excess of the lower of--  7i7 #ajj      
percent of the rate of operations       
provided for in the regular             
appropriation ,act providing for such   
program1 project1 or activity for the   
preceding fiscal year2  7ii7 in the     
absence of such an ,act1 #ajj percent of

 the rate of operations provided for    
such program1 project1 or activity      
pursuant to a joint resolution making   
continuing appropriations for such      
preceding fiscal year2 or  7iii7 #ajj   
percent of the annualized rate of       
operations provided for in the most     
recently enacted joint resolution making
 continuing appropriations for part of  
that fiscal year or any funding levels  
established under the provisions of this
 ,act4  7,b7 ,if this section is in     
effect at the end of a fiscal year1     
funding levels shall continue as        
provided in this section for the next   
fiscal year4  7#c7 ,appropriations and  
funds made available1 and authority     
granted1 for any fiscal year pursuant to
 this section for a program1 project1 or
 activity shall be available for the    
period beginning with the first day of a
 lapse in appropriations and ending with
 the date on which the applicable       
regular appropriation bill for such     
fiscal year becomes law 7whether or not 

such law provides for such program1     
project1 or activity7 or a continuing   
resolution making appropriations becomes
 law1 as the case may be4  7b7 ,an      
appropriation or funds made available1  
or authority granted1 for a program1    
project1 or activity for any fiscal year
 pursuant to this section shall be      
subject to the terms and conditions     
imposed with respect to the             
appropriation made or funds made        
available for the preceding fiscal year1
 or authority granted for such program1 
project1 or activity under current law4 
7c7 ,expenditures made for a program1   
project1 or activity for any fiscal year
 pursuant to this section shall be      
charged to the applicable appropriation1
 fund1 or authorization whenever a      
regular appropriation bill or a joint   
resolution making continuing            
appropriations until the end of a fiscal
 year providing for such program1       
project1 or activity for such period    
becomes law4  7d7 ,this section shall   

not apply to a program1 project1 or     
activity during a fiscal year if any    
other provision of law 7other than an   
authorization of appropriations7--  7#a7
 makes an appropriation1 makes funds    
available1 or grants authority for such 
program1 project1 or activity to        
continue for such period2 or  7#b7      
specifically provides that no           
appropriation shall be made1 no funds   
shall be made available1 or no authority
 shall be granted for such program1     
project1 or activity to continue for    
such period4  4  7b7 ,clerical          
,amendment ,the table of sections of    
chapter #ac of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section #acaj
 the following new item3  #acaa4        
,continuing appropriations4  4  7c7     
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 fiscal year #bjbj and each succeeding  
fiscal year4  #c4 ,prohibiting use of   
funds for certain government activities 

while automatic continuing              
appropriations are in effect  7a7       
,prohibition ,during the period         
described in subsection 7c71 no         
appropriated funds1 including official  
funds of the ,house of ,representatives1
 official funds of the ,senate1 or funds
 available under any ,federal law1 rule1
 or regulation1 may be used to pay for  
the costs of any of the following3  7#a7
 ,travel by ,members of ,congress       
,travel by a ,member of ,congress       
7except as provided in paragraph 7#a7 of
 subsection 7b774  7#b7 ,travel by      
executive branch employees ,travel by an
 employee of an executive agency 7except
 as provided in paragraph 7#b7 of       
subsection 7b774  7#c7 ,bonuses and     
other pay incentives ,payments to       
covered political appointees for        
relocation expenses or allowances1      
differentials1 bonuses1 awards1 or other
 similar cash payments under title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 or any other     
provision of law4  7#d7 ,reception and  

representation expenses ,official       
reception and representation expenses4  
7#e7 ,exercise facilities and golf      
courses ,the operation of an exercise   
facility or golf course4  7b7           
,exceptions  7#a7 ,travel by ,members to
 ,washington ,metropolitan ,area        
,subsection 7a7 does not apply with     
respect to travel by a ,member of       
,congress to the ,washington            
,metropolitan ,area4  7#b7 ,waivers in  
case of emergency or threats to security
 ,the head of an executive agency may   
waive the application of subsection 7a7 
to travel by an employee of the agency  
if the head of the agency determines    
that travel by the employee is necessary
 to respond to a threat to national     
security1 a significant law enforcement 
event1 or a natural disaster or other   
similar emergency4  7c7 ,period         
described ,the period described in this 
paragraph is the period that-- 7#a7     
begins on the #cast consecutive day on  
which appropriations and funds are made 

available pursuant to section #acaa of  
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code 7as    
added by section #b7;a772 and  7#b7 ends
 on the date on which appropriations and
 funds are no longer made available     
pursuant to section #acaa of such title4
  7d7 ,definitions ,in this section1 the
 following definitions apply3 7#a7 ,the 
term covered political appointee means  
any full-time1 noncareer ,presidential  
or ,vice-,presidential appointee1       
noncareer appointee in the ,senior      
,executive ,service 7or other ,,ses-type
 system71 or appointee to a position    
that has been excepted from the         
competitive service by reason of being  
of a confidential or policymaking       
character 7,schedule ,c and other       
positions excepted under comparable     
criteria7 in an executive agency1 but   
does not include any individual         
appointed as a member of the ,senior    
,foreign ,service or solely as a        
uniformed service commissioned officer4 
7#b7 ,the term executive agency has the 

meaning given that term in section #aje 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 and 
includes the ,executive ,office of the  
,president1 the ,united ,states ,postal 
,service1 and ,postal ,regulatory       
,commission1 but does not include the   
,government ,accountability ,office4    
7#c7 ,the term ,washington ,metropolitan
 ,area means the ,district of ,columbia1
 the ,counties of ,montgomery and       
,prince ,george's in ,maryland1 and the 
,counties of ,arlington1 ,fairfax1      
,loudon1 and ,prince ,william and the   
,cities of ,alexandria and ,falls       
,church in ,virginia4  #d4 ,prohibiting 
paying ,members of ,congress while      
automatic continuing appropriations are 
in effect  7a7 ,rule for ,one ,hundred  
,sixteenth ,congress  7#a7 ,holding     
salaries in escrow ,if a pay period     
occurs during the ,one ,hundred         
,sixteenth ,congress during the period  
described in paragraph 7#b71 the payroll
 administrator of each ,house of        
,congress shall--  7,a7 deposit in an   

escrow account and 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--  7i7 the daily rate of pay of 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  
the pay period2 and  7,b7 release       
amounts deposited in an escrow account  
under subparagraph 7,a7 to such ,member 
of ,congress only upon the expiration of
 the period described in paragraph 7#b74
  7#b7 ,period described ,the period    
described in this paragraph is the      
period that-- 7,a7 begins on the #cast  
consecutive day on which appropriations 
and funds are made available pursuant to
 section #acaa of title #ca1 ,united    
,states ,code 7as added by section      
#b7;a772 and  7,b7 ends on the earlier  
of-- 7i7 the date on which              

appropriations and funds are no longer  
made available pursuant to section #acaa
 of such title2 or  7ii7 the last day of
 the ,one ,hundred ,sixteenth ,congress4
  7#c7 ,withholding and remittance of   
amounts from payments held in escrow    
,the payroll administrator of each      
,house of ,congress shall provide for   
the same withholding and remittance with
 respect to a payment deposited in an   
escrow account under paragraph 7#a7 that
 would apply to the payment if the      
payment were not subject to paragraph   
7#a74  7#d7 ,release of amounts at end  
of the ,congress ,in order to ensure    
that this subsection is carried out in a
 manner that shall not vary the         
compensation of ,senators or            
,representatives in violation of the    
twenty-seventh amendment to the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
the payroll administrator of a ,house of
 ,congress shall release for payment 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 ,sixteenth ,congress4 
7b7 ,subsequent ,congresses  7#a7       
,reduction in salaries ,if a pay period 
occurs during the ,one ,hundred         
,seventeenth ,congress or any succeeding
 ,congress during the period described  
in paragraph 7#b71 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 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 period4  7#b7 ,period described 
,the period described in this paragraph 
is the period that--  7,a7 begins on the
 #cast consecutive day on which         
appropriations and funds are made       

available pursuant to section #acaa of  
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code 7as    
added by section #b7;a772 and  7,b7 ends
 on the date on which appropriations and
 funds are no longer made available     
pursuant to section #acaa of such title4
  7c7 ,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 section4
  7d7 ,definition ,in this section1 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 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  #e4 ,quorum calls ,on
 each day on which appropriations and   
funds are made available pursuant to    
section #acaa of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code 7as added by section      
#b7;a771 including weekends and legal   
public holidays1 each ,house of         
,congress shall convene and hold a      
quorum call of its members4  #f4 ,member
 of ,congress defined ,in this ,act1 the
 term ,member of ,congress means a      
,senator or a ,representative in1 or    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4