To provide that neither the President, the Vice President, nor any Member of Congress shall be paid during Federal Government shutdowns.

Prohibits the President, the Vice President, or a Member of Congress from receiving basic pay for any period in which: (1) 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; or (2) the Government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit has been reached.

Provides that no pay forfeited in accordance with this Act may be paid retroactively.

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2373 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2373

  To provide that neither the President, the Vice President, nor any 
 Member of Congress shall be paid during Federal Government shutdowns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1995

Mr. Bonilla (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Kim, and Mr. 
Miller of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to 
   the Committee on House Oversight, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that neither the President, the Vice President, nor any 
 Member of Congress shall be paid during Federal Government shutdowns.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NO PAY DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    Neither the President, the Vice President, nor any Member of 
Congress may receive basic pay for any period in which--
            (1) 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; or
            (2) the Federal Government is unable to make payments or 
        meet obligations because the public debt limit under section 
        3101 of title 31, United States Code, has been reached.

SEC. 2. RETROACTIVE PAY PROHIBITED.

    No pay forfeited in accordance with section 1 may be paid 
retroactively.
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