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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5802 
To provide for the payment of certain Federal Government employees during 
any lapse in discretionary appropriations and to withhold the payment 
of salaries to Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President 
during a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. NORTON, and 
Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 provide for the payment of certain Federal Government 
employees during any lapse in discretionary appropria-
tions and to withhold the payment of salaries to Members 
of Congress, the President, and the Vice President dur-
ing a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Make America Govern 
Again Act’’ or the ‘‘MAGA Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENSURING PAY OF CERTAIN FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT EMPLOYEES DURING LAPSE IN DIS-
CRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are hereby appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, during any lapse in discretionary appropriations 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, such sums as are necessary for the salary and ex-
penses of any employee in the civil service or the uni-
formed services (as those terms are defined in section 
2101 of title 5, United States Code). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) the head of any Executive department (as 
that term is defined in section 101 of such title); or 
(2) any deputy secretary (or equivalent) of such 
a department. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITING PAYING SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS 
DURING 
GOVERNMENT 
SHUT-
DOWNS. 
(a) RULE FOR ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CON-
GRESS.— 
(1) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If on any 
day during a pay period occurring during the One 
Hundred Nineteenth Congress a Government shut-
down is in effect, the payroll administrator of each 
House of Congress shall— 
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(A) deposit in an escrow account and ex-
clude 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 Mem-
ber 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 es-
crow 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— 
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(i) the date on which the applicable 
Government shutdown is no longer in ef-
fect; 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 remit-
tance with respect to a payment deposited in an es-
crow 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 vio-
lation of the twenty-seventh amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, the payroll adminis-
trator of a House of Congress shall release for pay-
ment 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 Nine-
teenth Congress. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT CONGRESSES.— 
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(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 Gov-
ernment shutdown is in effect, the payroll adminis-
trator of each House of Congress shall— 
(A) deposit in an escrow account and ex-
clude 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 Mem-
ber 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 es-
crow 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— 
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(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 ef-
fect; or 
(ii) the last day of the Congress dur-
ing which the period began under subpara-
graph (A). 
(c) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll admin-
istrator 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 sub-
paragraph (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 re-
spect to a House of Congress, means— 
(A) in the case of the House of Represent-
atives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
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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 Sec-
retary of the Senate, or an employee of the Of-
fice of the Secretary of the Senate who is des-
ignated by the Secretary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 4. 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 shut-
down 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 
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(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 ac-
count 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 appli-
cable Government shutdown is in effect; and 
(2) ends on the earlier of— 
(A) the date on which the applicable Gov-
ernment 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 pay-
ment deposited in an escrow account under subsection (a) 
that would apply to the payment if the payment were not 
subject to subsection (a). 
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(d) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF TERM.—The 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall re-
lease for payment to the President and Vice President any 
amounts remaining in the escrow account under this sec-
tion 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. 5. PROHIBITING PAYING SALARIES OF CERTAIN EXEC-
UTIVE EMPLOYEES DURING GOVERNMENT 
SHUTDOWNS. 
During any period in which a Government shutdown 
is in effect, no funds may be made available for the salary 
and expenses of any officer or employee in the Executive 
Office of the President who occupies a position— 
(1) described under sections 5312 through 5316 
of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Execu-
tive Schedule); 
(2) under a noncareer appointment in the Sen-
ior Executive Service, as defined under paragraph 
(7) of section 3132(a) of such title; or 
(3) in the executive branch of the Government 
of a confidential or policy-determining character 
under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
5, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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SEC. 6. 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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