This resolution would reduce the pay that Senators receive when a "Government shutdown" happens. The bill defines a Government shutdown as a lapse in appropriations for one or more Federal agencies or departments. If a shutdown occurs on any day in a pay period after the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office in November 2026 (the "pay reduction effective date"), the Secretary of the Senate must withhold from each Senator's pay an amount equal to one day's pay multiplied by the number of 24-hour periods during the pay period that the shutdown was in effect.
Before the pay reduction effective date, the resolution requires the Secretary of the Senate to withhold the same amounts from Senators' pay when a shutdown occurs, but to deposit those withheld amounts into an escrow account. Any amounts remaining in that escrow account must be released on the pay reduction effective date so that the action does not vary Senators' compensation in a way that would violate the 27th Amendment. The Secretary of the Senate is defined to include a designated employee who carries out these requirements.
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