No Work, No Pay Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-74
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Work, No Pay Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown, beginning with the 117th Congress.</p> <p>For the 116th Congress, the bill requires a Member's pay to be deposited in an escrow account during a government shutdown and to be released at the earlier of the end of the shutdown or the end of the Congress.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 74 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2019 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Cornyn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit paying Members of Congress during periods during which a Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Work, No Pay Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibiting paying Members of Congress during Government shutdowns (a) Rule for One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (1) Holding salaries in escrow If on any day during a pay period occurring during the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of each House of Congress shall— (A) 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 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 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 the pay period during which the Government shutdown is in effect; and (B) release amounts deposited in an escrow 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— (i) the date on which the applicable Government shutdown is no longer in effect; or (ii) the last day of the One Hundred Sixteenth 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 remittance with respect to a payment deposited in an escrow 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 violation of the twenty-seventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the payroll administrator of a House of Congress shall release for payment 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 Sixteenth Congress. (b) Subsequent Congresses On and after the first day of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, if on any day during a pay period a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of each House of Congress shall exclude 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— (1) the daily rate of pay of the Member under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 ); and (2) the number of 24-hour periods during the pay period during which the Government shutdown is in effect. (c) Role of Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll administrator of each House of Congress with such assistance as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrator to carry out this Act. 3. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term Government shutdown means a lapse in appropriations for 1 or more Federal agencies or departments as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution; (2) the term Member of Congress means an individual serving in a position covered under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501(1) ); and (3) the term payroll administrator , with respect to a House of Congress, means— (A) 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 Act; and (B) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who is designated by the Secretary to carry out this Act.