This bill requires that when there is a lapse in appropriations (called a "Government shutdown" in the bill) on any day in a pay period, the payroll administrator for each House must withhold pay for each Member of Congress for the number of 24-hour periods during that pay period that the lapse is in effect. The withheld amount equals one day's pay under the Member's annual rate multiplied by the number of 24-hour periods of the lapse. Members may not receive retroactive pay for any pay period that includes a lapse. The Secretary of the Treasury must provide assistance to the payroll administrators. The bill defines a shutdown as a lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department caused by a failure to enact a regular appropriations act or a continuing resolution. The measure applies beginning with the One Hundred Twentieth Congress and thereafter and uses the statutory definition of "Member of Congress" in section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.
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