HR 5678
No Pay for Disarray Act
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Bill overview
This bill, the No Pay for Disarray Act, aims to reduce the pay of Members of Congress during a government shutdown. Specifically, if a government shutdown occurs before the 2026 general election, Members will not be paid for the days the shutdown lasts. After the election, Members will not be paid for any day a shutdown is in effect. The bill also requires the withholding and escrowing of Member salaries during the 119th Congress when a shutdown occurs, with funds released at the end of the Congress.
Key provisions
- Members of Congress will not be paid for days during a government shutdown.
- Salaries earned during a shutdown will be held in escrow.
- The escrowed funds will be released on the last day of the 119th Congress.
- The bill applies to days after the 2026 general election.
- A government shutdown is defined as a lapse in appropriations.
- The Secretary of the Treasury will provide assistance to payroll administrators.
- The payroll administrator is defined for both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- The bill does not apply to days after the 2026 general election.
Who is affected
- Members of Congress
- Congressional staff
- Federal agencies
- The Treasury Department
- Taxpayers
Notable changes
- This is the first time Congress has considered measures to reduce pay during government shutdowns.
- The escrowing of salaries provides a mechanism for ensuring funds are available at the end of the Congress.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 5678
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if a Government shutdown occurs during a year, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the No Pay for Disarray Act
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an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay under such annual rate; and
the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect.
This section shall apply with respect to days occurring after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2026.
If on any day during the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of that House of Congress shall—
withhold from the payments otherwise required to be made with respect to a pay period for the compensation of each Member of Congress who serves in that House of Congress an amount equal to the product of—
the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect which occur during the pay period; and
deposit in an escrow account all amounts withheld under paragraph (1).
In order to ensure that this section is carried out in a manner that shall not vary the compensation of Senators or Representatives in violation of the twenty-seventh article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the payroll administrator of a House of Congress shall release for payments to Members of that House of Congress any amounts remaining in any escrow account under this section on the last day of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll administrators of the Houses of Congress with such assistance as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrators to carry out this section.
In this section, the payroll administrator
of a House of Congress means—
in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who is designated by the Secretary to carry out this section.
For purposes of this Act, a Government shutdown shall be considered to be in effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.
In this Act, the term Member of Congress means an individual serving in a position under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501).