Government Shutdown Salary Suspension Act

This bill would hold back the pay of Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President for each day a federal government shutdown is in effect. The withheld pay would be placed in an escrow account and paid out when the shutdown ends, or at the end of the current Congress or presidential term, whichever comes first. The payroll officers of the House and Senate would handle congressional pay, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management would handle pay for the President and Vice President. A shutdown is defined as a lapse in funding for any federal agency because a regular spending bill or continuing resolution was not enacted.

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Sponsors

• Frederica S. Wilson Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors