I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5805 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit Members 
of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign 
funds or making campaign expenditures during a Government shutdown, 
to reduce the pay of Members of Congress if a Government shutdown 
takes effect, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio (for himself and Mr. COLLINS) 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 pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit Members of Congress from making direct and 
personal solicitations of campaign funds or making cam-
paign expenditures during a Government shutdown, to 
reduce the pay of Members of Congress if a Government 
shutdown takes effect, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Work, No Pay Act 
of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM EN-
GAGING IN CERTAIN CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES 
DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 325. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM 
ENGAGING IN CERTAIN CAMPAIGN ACTIVI-
TIES DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
‘‘(a) DIRECT AND PERSONAL SOLICITATION OF CON-
TRIBUTIONS.—An individual holding the office of Senator 
or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress may not make a direct and per-
sonal solicitation of funds in connection with an election 
for Federal office at any time during which a Government 
shutdown is in effect. 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES
BY
AUTHORIZED
COMMIT-
TEES.—An authorized committee of a candidate who is an 
individual holding the office of Senator or Representative 
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress 
may not make an expenditure in connection with an elec-
tion for Federal office at any time during which a Govern-
ment shutdown is in effect. 
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‘‘(c) DETERMINATION
OF
GOVERNMENT
SHUT-
DOWN.—For purposes of this section, a Government shut-
down 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.’’. 
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IF 
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OCCURS. 
(a) REDUCTION OF PAY FOR EACH DAY OF GOVERN-
MENT SHUTDOWN.— 
(1) REDUCTION.—If on any day during a year 
a Government shutdown is in effect, the annual rate 
of pay applicable under section 601(a) of the Legis-
lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) 
with respect to each Member of Congress for the 
year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 
product of— 
(A) an amount equal to one day’s worth of 
pay under such annual rate; and 
(B) the number of 24-hour periods during 
which the Government shutdown is in effect. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to days occurring after the date 
of the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-
eral office held in November 2024. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULE
FOR ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-
EENTH CONGRESS.— 
(1) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If on any 
day during the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress a 
Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll ad-
ministrator of that House of Congress shall— 
(A) withhold from the payments otherwise 
required to be made with respect to a pay pe-
riod for the compensation of each Member of 
Congress who serves in that House of Congress 
an amount equal to the product of— 
(i) an amount equal to one day’s 
worth of pay under the annual rate of pay 
applicable to 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 which the Government shutdown is 
in effect which occur during the pay pe-
riod; and 
(B) deposit in an escrow account all 
amounts withheld under paragraph (1). 
(2) 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 
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compensation of Senators or Representatives in vio-
lation of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States, the payroll 
administrator of a House of Congress shall release 
for payments to Members of that House of Congress 
any amounts remaining in any escrow account under 
this subsection on the last day of the One Hundred 
Eighteenth Congress. 
(3) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay-
roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with 
such assistance as may be necessary to enable the 
payroll administrators to carry out this subsection. 
(4) PAYROLL
ADMINISTRATOR
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a 
House of Congress means— 
(A) in the case of the House of Represent-
atives, 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 subsection; and 
(B) in the case of the Senate, the Sec-
retary of the Senate, or an employee of the Of-
fice of the Secretary of the Senate who is des-
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ignated by the Secretary to carry out this sub-
section. 
(5) EXCEPTION FOR DAYS OCCURRING AFTER 
GENERAL
ELECTION.—This subsection does not 
apply with respect to any day during the One Hun-
dred Eighteenth Congress which occurs after the 
date of the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2024. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING MEMBER OFFICIAL TRAVEL DURING 
SHUTDOWN. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), no appropriated funds, including official funds of the 
House of Representatives, official funds of the Senate, or 
funds available under any Federal law, rule, or regulation, 
may be used to pay for the costs of travel by a Member 
of Congress during any period in which a Government 
shutdown is in effect. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR TRAVEL BY MEMBER TO WASH-
INGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.—Subsection (a) does not 
apply with respect to travel by a Member of Congress to 
the Washington Metropolitan Area. 
(c) WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Washington Metropolitan Area’’ 
means the District of Columbia, the Counties of Mont-
gomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and the Counties 
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