I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1032 
To withhold the pay of Members of Congress in the event of a shutdown 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 
Mr. ASHFORD (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Ms. GRAHAM, and Mr. BERA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration 
A BILL 
To withhold the pay of Members of Congress in the event 
of a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. 
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 ‘‘No Homeland Secu-
rity, No Pay Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING MEMBER PAY IN EVENT OF SHUT-
DOWN OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY. 
(a) HOLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW.—If on any day 
during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress a shutdown 
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of the Department of Homeland Security is in effect, the 
payroll administrator of that House of Congress shall— 
(1) withhold from the payments otherwise re-
quired to be made with respect to a pay period for 
the compensation 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 shutdown is in effect which occur 
during the pay period; and 
(2) deposit in an escrow account all amounts 
withheld under paragraph (1). 
(b) RELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE CON-
GRESS.—In order to ensure that this section is carried out 
in a manner that shall not vary the compensation of Sen-
ators or Representatives in violation 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 
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under this section on the last day of the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress. 
(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 
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. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF SHUTDOWN. 
For purposes of this Act, a shutdown of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall be considered to be in 
effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for the Depart-
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ment as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria-
tions bill or continuing resolution. 
SEC. 4. MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED. 
In this Act, 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 Reor-
ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501). 
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