SEC. 2. REQUIRING REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS 
IF 
PUBLIC 
DEBT 
LIMIT 
IS 
REACHED. 
(a) REDUCTION OF PAY FOR EACH DAY OF GOVERN-
MENT SHUTDOWN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If on any day during a year 
the public debt limit is reached, the annual rate of 
pay applicable under section 601(a) of the Legisla-
tive 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 public debt limit is reached. 
(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 2026. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE
FOR ONE HUNDRED NINE-
TEENTH CONGRESS.— 
(1) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If on any 
day during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress 
the public debt limit is reached, the payroll adminis-
trator of that House of Congress shall— 
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(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 public debt limit is 
reached which occur during the pay period; 
and 
(B) deposit in an escrow account all 
amounts withheld under subparagraph (A). 
(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 
compensation of Members of Congress in violation of 
the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, the payroll adminis-
trator of a House of Congress shall release for pay-
ments to Members of that House of Congress any 
amounts remaining in any escrow account under this 
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subsection on the last day of the One Hundred 
Nineteenth Congress. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR DAYS OCCURRING AFTER 
GENERAL
ELECTION.—This subsection does not 
apply with respect to any day during the One Hun-
dred Nineteenth Congress which occurs after the 
date of the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2026. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF REACHING OF PUBLIC DEBT 
LIMIT.—For purposes of this section, the public debt limit 
shall be considered to be reached if the Federal Govern-
ment is unable to make payments or meet obligations be-
cause the public debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, 
United States Code, has been reached. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRING REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS IF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OC-
CURS. 
(a) REDUCTION OF PAY FOR EACH DAY OF GOVERN-
MENT SHUTDOWN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—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 
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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 2026. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE
FOR ONE HUNDRED NINE-
TEENTH CONGRESS.— 
(1) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If on any 
day during the One Hundred Nineteenth 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 
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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 subparagraph (A). 
(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 
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 
Nineteenth Congress. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR DAYS OCCURRING AFTER 
GENERAL
ELECTION.—This subsection does not 
apply with respect to any day during the One Hun-
dred Nineteenth Congress which occurs after the 
date of the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2026. 
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