,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjai,mr4 ,golden 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1    
,mr4 ,cooper1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 and ,mr4   
,cox of ,california7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
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 payment of a salary to     
,members of ,congress1 the ,president1  
and the ,vice ,president during periods 
during which a ,government shutdown is  
in effect1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,solidarity in ,salary ,act of      
#bjai4  #b4 ,prohibiting paying salaries
 of ,members of ,congress during        

,government shutdowns  7a7 ,rule for    
,one ,hundred ,sixteenth ,congress  7#a7
 ,holding salaries in escrow ,if on any 
day during a pay period occurring during
 the ,one ,hundred ,sixteenth ,congress 
a ,government shutdown is in effect1 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 period during which the         
,government shutdown is in effect2 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 first day on which the    
applicable ,government shutdown is in   
effect2 and  7,b7 ends on the earlier   
of-- 7i7 the date on which the          
applicable ,government shutdown is no   
longer in effect2 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 ,on and     
after the first day of the ,one ,hundred
 ,seventeenth ,congress1 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 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 period during which the         
,government shutdown is in effect4  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 ,act4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this   
section-- 7#a7 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#b7 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  #c4 ,prohibiting paying 
salaries of ,president and ,vice        
,president during ,government shutdowns 
7a7 ,holding salaries in escrow ,if on  
any day during a pay period occurring   
during the term of office of the        
,president or ,vice ,president a        
,government shutdown is in effect1 the  
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management 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 the ,president and the  
,vice ,president an amount equal to the 
product of--  7,a7 the daily rate of pay
 of the ,president or ,vice ,president  
7as the case may be7 under applicable   
law2 and  7,b7 the number of #bd-;hour  

periods during the pay period during    
which the ,government shutdown is in    
effect2 and  7#b7 release amounts       
deposited in an escrow account under    
paragraph 7#a7 to the ,president and the
 ,vice ,president only upon the         
expiration of the period described in   
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,period described  
,the period described in this subsection
 is the period that-- 7#a7 begins on the
 first day on which the applicable      
,government shutdown is in effect2 and  
7#b7 ends on the earlier of-- 7,a7 the  
date on which the applicable ,government
 shutdown is no longer in effect2 or    
7,b7 the last day of the term of office 
of the ,president and ,vice ,president  
during which the period begins4  7c7    
,withholding and remittance of amounts  
from payments held in escrow ,the       
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management shall provide for the same  
withholding and remittance with respect 
to a payment deposited in an escrow     
account under subsection 7a7 that would 

apply to the payment if the payment were
 not subject to subsection 7a74  7d7    
,release of amounts at end of term ,the 
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management shall release for payment to
 the ,president and ,vice ,president any
 amounts remaining in the escrow account
 under this section on the last day of  
the term of office of the ,president and
 ,vice ,president during which the      
period described in subsection 7b7      
begins4  #d4 ,government shutdown       
defined ,in this ,act1 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       
resolution4