I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2214 
To prohibit the payment of salary to Members of Congress in the event 
of a Government shutdown, to direct the Congressional Budget Office 
to submit daily reports during the period in which a Government shut-
down is in effect on the effects of the shutdown on the economy and 
the costs of the shutdown to taxpayers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Mr. O’HALLERAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the payment of salary to Members of Congress 
in the event of a Government shutdown, to direct the 
Congressional Budget Office to submit daily reports dur-
ing the period in which a Government shutdown is in 
effect on the effects of the shutdown on the economy 
and the costs of the shutdown to taxpayers, 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 ‘‘Government Shutdown 
Accountability and Economic Report Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
EVENT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If on any day during a pay 
period a Government shutdown is in effect, the pay-
roll administrator of each House of Congress shall 
exclude from the payments otherwise required to be 
made with respect to that pay period for the com-
pensation of each Member of Congress who serves in 
that House of Congress an amount equal to the 
product of— 
(A) 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 Legis-
lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
4501); and 
(B) the number of 24-hour periods during 
which the Government shutdown is in effect 
which occur during the pay period. 
(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 2018. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH 
CONGRESS.— 
(1) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If on any 
day during the One Hundred Fifteenth 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 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 
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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 
Fifteenth Congress. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR DAYS OCCURRING AFTER 
GENERAL
ELECTION.—This subsection does not 
apply with respect to any day during the One Hun-
dred Fifteenth Congress which occurs after the date 
of the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-
eral office held in November 2018. 
(c) ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll admin-
istrators of the Houses of Congress with such assistance 
as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrators 
to carry out this section. 
(d) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR DEFINED.—In this 
section, the ‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Con-
gress means— 
(1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 
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Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 
the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 
section; and 
(2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 
the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec-
retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec-
retary to carry out this section. 
(e) MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means an individual 
serving in a position under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) 
of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501). 
SEC. 3. REPORTS BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ON 
ECONOMIC COSTS AND COSTS TO TAXPAYERS 
OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
Not later than 24 hours after each day on which a 
Government shutdown is in effect, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office shall submit a report to Con-
gress containing information on each of the following, 
based on the most recent information available to the Di-
rector: 
(1) An estimate of the economic output lost on 
that day as the result of the Government shutdown. 
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(2) An estimate of any decrease in gross domes-
tic product for the quarter that will occur as the re-
sult of the Government shutdown. 
(3) The value of any assistance, including loans, 
grants, and contracts, that the Small Business Ad-
ministration was unable to provide as the result of 
the Government shutdown. 
(4) The amount of any revenue for the National 
Park Service that was lost on that day as the result 
of the closure of National Park Service lands and 
historic sites. 
(5) An estimate of revenue lost on that day be-
cause of the effects of the Government shutdown on 
tourism and travel to and within the United States, 
including travel by foreign tourists. 
SEC. 4. 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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