This bill requires the payroll administrator of each House of Congress to withhold payments to Members of Congress and deposit those amounts in an escrow account if, on any day during a pay period, members of the Armed Forces who perform active service during that period are not receiving pay, including because of a lapse in appropriations. The payroll administrator must release the escrowed amounts as soon as practicable after the military pay lapse ends. A special rule requires release of any remaining escrowed amounts by the last day of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress to avoid varying compensation in violation of the Twenty-seventh Amendment. The Secretary of the Treasury must provide assistance to payroll administrators. The bill defines terms such as active service, Armed Forces, Member of Congress, payroll administrator, and reserve components.
No publicly available information on estimated costs, savings, or budgetary effects. The bill requires holding withheld amounts in escrow and later releasing them, and it directs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance, but it does not provide fiscal estimates.
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