,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #aj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4 
,cornyn7 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      
,work1 ,no ,pay ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,prohibiting paying ,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  #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