Title: Stop Pay for Members Act
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Stop Pay for Members Act
This bill declares that the obligation to pay the basic pay of Members of Congress may not be satisfied if the U.S. public debt reaches the public debt limit until: (1) all other obligations of the U.S. government then due have been satisfied; or (2) if earlier, the ability of the Treasury to satisfy such obligations in a timely manner is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt limit or otherwise.
Each Member of Congress consents and agrees that payment of basic pay in accordance with this bill shall constitute a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service as a Member during the period covered by the payment.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3675 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3675

  To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the 
  Treasury is unable to satisfy the obligations of the United States 
 Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been 
                                reached.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 2017

Mr. Cooper (for himself, Mr. O'Halleran, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
   Schrader, and Mr. Costa) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the 
  Treasury is unable to satisfy the obligations of the United States 
 Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been 
                                reached.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Pay for Members Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO BE PAID LAST.

    (a) In General.--In the event that the public debt of the United 
States Government reaches the public debt limit, the obligation to pay 
basic pay of Members of Congress may not be satisfied until--
            (1) all other obligations of the United States Government 
        which are then due have been satisfied; or
            (2) if earlier, the ability of the Treasury to satisfy the 
        obligations of the United States Government in a timely manner 
        is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt limit or 
        otherwise.
    (b) Consent.--Each Member of Congress consents and agrees that 
payment of basic pay in accordance with subsection (a) shall constitute 
a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands 
for service as such a Member during the period covered by the payment.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``public debt limit'' means the dollar 
        limitation contained in section 3101(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code; and
            (2) the term ``Member of Congress'' means each individual 
        whose annual rate of pay is determined under section 601(a) of 
        the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501).
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