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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2074 

To prohibit paying Members of Congress during periods during which a 

Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015 

Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the 

following bill; 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 effect, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Government No 

5 Pay Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 

7 RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 

8 (a) PROHIBITION OF PAY.—For any pay period dur9 ing which a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll 


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1 administrator of each House of Congress shall exclude 

2 from the payments otherwise required to be made with re3 spect to that pay period for the compensation of each 

4 Member of Congress who serves in that House of Congress 

5 an amount equal to the product of— 

6 (1) the daily rate of pay of the Member of Con7 gress under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reor8 ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and 

9 (2) the number of 24-hour periods during the 

10 pay period during which the Government shutdown 

11 is in effect. 

12 (b) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The 

13 Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll admin14 istrator of each House of Congress with such assistance 

15 as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrator 

16 to carry out this Act. 

17 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act— 

19 (1) the term ‘‘Government shutdown’’ means a 

20 lapse in appropriations for 1 or more Federal agen21 cies or departments as a result of a failure to enact 

22 a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolu23 tion; 

24 (2) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means an 

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1 paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of 

2 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 

3 U.S.C. 4501(1)); and 

4 (3) the term ‘‘payroll administrator’’, with re5 spect to a House of Congress, means— 

6 (A) in the case of the House of Represent7 atives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

8 House of Representatives, or an employee of 

9 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 

10 who is designated by the Chief Administrative 

11 Officer to carry out this Act; and 

12 (B) in the case of the Senate, the Sec13 retary of the Senate, or an employee of the Of14 fice of the Secretary of the Senate who is des15 ignated by the Secretary to carry out this Act. 

16 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 This Act shall apply on and after the date on which 

18 the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress convenes. 

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