This bill would stop paying salaries to Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President while a federal government shutdown is in effect. For each pay period that includes a shutdown day, the payroll office for each House would put aside (in escrow) an amount equal to each official's daily pay multiplied by the number of 24-hour periods the shutdown lasts in that pay period. The escrowed amounts would be paid out when the shutdown ends or, in some cases, at the end of the Congress or the end of the President's and Vice President's term. The Office of Personnel Management would do the same for the President and Vice President. The Secretary of the Treasury must help Congress' payroll offices as needed. The bill defines a government shutdown as a lapse in appropriations because Congress failed to pass a regular appropriations bill or a continuing resolution.
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