119-hr5792

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5792 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5792

 To prohibit the payment of a salary to Members of Congress, the 
 President, and the Vice President during periods during which a 
 Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 17, 2025

 Ms. Wilson of Florida (for herself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House 
 Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To prohibit the payment of a salary to Members of Congress, the 
 President, and the Vice President during periods during which a 
 Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Government Shutdown Salary 
Suspension Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DURING 
 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    (a) Rule for One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.--

    (1) Holding salaries in escrow.--If on any day during a pay 
 period occurring during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress a 
 Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of 
 each House of Congress shall--
        (A) 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--
            (i) the daily rate of pay of the Member 
 under 

section 601

    (a) of the Legislative 
 Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and
            (ii) the number of 24-hour periods during 
 the pay period during which the Government 
 shutdown is in effect; and
        (B) release amounts deposited in an escrow account 
 under subparagraph
        (A) to such Member of Congress only 
 upon the expiration of the period described in 
 paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Period described.--The period described in this 
 paragraph is the period that--
        (A) begins on the first day on which the applicable 
 Government shutdown is in effect; and
        (B) ends on the earlier of--
            (i) the date on which the applicable 
 Government shutdown is no longer in effect; or
            (ii) the last day of the One Hundred 
 Nineteenth Congress.

    (3) 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

    (1) that would apply to the payment if the payment 
 were not subject to paragraph

    (1) .

    (4) 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 States, 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 
 Nineteenth Congress.

    (b) Subsequent Congresses.--

    (1) Holding salaries in escrow.--On and after the first day 
 of the One Hundred Twentieth Congress, if on any day during a 
 pay period a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll 
 administrator of each House of Congress shall--
        (A) 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--
            (i) the daily rate of pay of the Member 
 under 

section 601

    (a) of the Legislative 
 Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and
            (ii) the number of 24-hour periods during 
 the pay period during which the Government 
 shutdown is in effect; and
        (B) release amounts deposited in an escrow account 
 under subparagraph
        (A) to such Member of Congress only 
 upon the expiration of the period described in 
 paragraph

    (2) .

    (2) Period described.--The period described in this 
 paragraph is the period that--
        (A) begins on the first day on which the applicable 
 Government shutdown is in effect; and
        (B) ends on the earlier of--
            (i) the date on which the applicable 
 Government shutdown is no longer in effect; or
            (ii) the last day of the Congress during 
 which the period began under subparagraph
        (A) .
            (c) 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 Act.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section--

    (1) the term ``Member of Congress'' means an individual 
 serving in a position covered under subparagraph
        (A) ,
        (B) , or
            (C) of 

section 601

    (a)

    (1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
 of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501

    (1) ); and

    (2) the term ``payroll administrator'', with respect to a 
 House of Congress, means--
        (A) in the case of the House of Representatives, 
 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
 Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 
 Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by the 
 Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this Act; and
        (B) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the 
 Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Secretary 
 of the Senate who is designated by the Secretary to 
 carry out this Act.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITING PAYING SALARIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 
 DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    (a) 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 effect, the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management shall--

    (1) 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--
        (A) the daily rate of pay of the President or Vice 
 President (as the case may be) under applicable law; 
 and
        (B) the number of 24-hour periods during the pay 
 period during which the Government shutdown is in 
 effect; and

    (2) release amounts deposited in an escrow account under 
 paragraph

    (1) to the President and the Vice President only upon 
 the expiration of the period described in subsection

    (b) .

    (b) Period Described.--The period described in this subsection is 
the period that--

    (1) begins on the first day on which the applicable 
 Government shutdown is in effect; and

    (2) ends on the earlier of--
        (A) the date on which the applicable Government 
 shutdown is no longer in effect; or
        (B) the last day of the term of office of the 
 President and Vice President during which the period 
 begins.
            (c) 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

    (a) that would 
apply to the payment if the payment were not subject to subsection

    (a) .
            (d) 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

    (b) begins.

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

 For purposes of this Act, a Government shutdown shall be considered 
to be in effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal 
agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular 
appropriations bill or continuing resolution.
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