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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5695 

To prohibit the pay of Members of Congress during periods in which a 

Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 

Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 

and Accountability, 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 

A BILL 

To prohibit the pay of Members of Congress during periods 

in 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 Work, No Pay Act 

5 of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 

2 RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION OF PAY.—If on any day during a 

4 pay period a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll 

5 administrator of each House of Congress shall exclude 

6 from the payments otherwise required to be made with re7 spect to that pay period for the compensation of each 

8 Member of Congress who serves in that House of Congress 

9 an amount equal to the product of— 

10 (1) an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay 

11 under the annual rate of pay applicable to the Mem12 ber under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorga13 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and 

14 (2) the number of 24-hour periods during which 

15 the Government shutdown is in effect which occur 

16 during the pay period. 

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

18 Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll admin19 istrators of the Houses of Congress with such assistance 

20 as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrators 

21 to carry out this section. 

22 (c) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 

23 section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con24 gress means— 

25 (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 

26 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 


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1 Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 

2 Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 

3 the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 

4 section; and 

5 (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 

6 the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec7 retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec8 retary to carry out this section. 

9 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

10 respect to days occurring during the One Hundred Nine11 teenth Congress and each succeeding Congress. 

12 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 

13 For purposes of this Act, a Government shutdown 

14 shall be considered to be in effect if there is a lapse in 

15 appropriations for any Federal agency or department as 

16 a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill 

17 or continuing resolution. 

18 SEC. 4. MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED. 

19 In this Act, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means 

20 an individual serving in a position under subparagraph 

21 (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reor22 ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501). 

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