,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ghhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bg1 #bjbb,mr4  
,cleaver 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 reduce the pay of        
,members of ,congress when a mass       
shooting occurs in the ,united ,states1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no
 ,pay ,until ,peace ,act4  #b4          
,requiring withholding of pay of        
,members of ,congress if mass shooting  
occurs  7a7 ,reduction of pay ,if during
 any month of a year a mass shooting    
occurs in the ,united ,states1 the      
annual rate of pay applicable under     
section #fja7;a7 of the ,legislative    

,reorganization ,act of #aidf 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #deja7 with respect to each   
,member of ,congress for the year shall 
be reduced by an amount equal to the    
product of-- 7#a7 an amount equal to one
 month's worth of pay under such annual 
rate2 and  7#b7 the number of months    
during the year during which a mass     
shooting occurs in the ,united ,states4 
7b7 ,effective date ,this section shall 
apply with respect to days occurring    
after the date of the regularly         
scheduled general election for ,federal 
office held in ,november #bjbb4  #c4    
,special rule for ,one ,hundred         
,seventeenth ,congress  7a7 ,in general 
7#a7 ,holding salaries in escrow ,if a  
mass shooting occurs in the ,united     
,states during a pay period occurring   
during a session of the ,one ,hundred   
,seventeenth ,congress after the date of
 the enactment of this ,act1 the payroll
 administrator of each ,house of        
,congress shall-- 7,a7 deposit in an    
escrow account the compensation for such

 pay period of each ,member of ,congress
 who serves in that ,house of ,congress2
 and  7,b7 release amounts deposited in 
an escrow account under subparagraph    
7,a7 to such ,member of ,congress on the
 last day of the ,one ,hundred          
,seventeenth ,congress4  7#b7           
,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#c7   
,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 ,seventeenth ,congress4  7b7  
,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 subtitle4  7c7 ,exception for days 
occurring after general election ,this  
section does not apply with respect to  
any pay period during the ,one ,hundred 
,seventeenth ,congress which occurs     
after the date of the regularly         
scheduled general election for ,federal 
office held in ,november #bjbb4  7d7    
,payroll administrator defined ,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 ,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  #d4 ,definitions ,in    
this ,act-- 7#a7 the term mass shooting 
means #d or more killings in a single   
incident by the use of a firearm 7as    
defined in section #iba of title #ah1   
,united ,states ,code72 and  7#b7 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