# 119-hr-5792: Government Shutdown Salary Suspension Act

119-hr-5792, Government Shutdown Salary Suspension Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5792
- Congress: 119
- Title: Government Shutdown Salary Suspension Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-13

## Summary

This bill would stop pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President during a government shutdown. **It would place each official's salary for shutdown days into an escrow account and release the money only when the lapse ends or a set cutoff occurs.** - Members of Congress would have their payroll administrators withhold each Member's daily pay for every 24-hour day a shutdown lasts and deposit that amount into an escrow account. Those escrowed funds would be released when the shutdown ends or on the last day of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress for shutdowns that begin in that Congress. - The Office of Personnel Management would escrow the President's and Vice President's daily pay for shutdown days and release it when the shutdown ends or at the end of their term. Normal withholding and tax remittance rules would apply to the escrowed amounts. - The Secretary of the Treasury would provide assistance to implement the escrow system and the bill names the Chief Administrative Officer for the House and the Secretary for the Senate as the payroll administrators.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Delay pay for Congress and President: cost, medium. If enacted, pay for Members of Congress, the President, and Vice President would be held during shutdown days. The hold would equal daily pay times the number of 24-hour shutdown days in that pay period. Normal tax withholding and remittance would still occur. Money would be released after the shut…
- When shutdown pay holds apply: mixed, low. This bill would define a government shutdown as a funding lapse when no appropriations bill or stopgap passes. It would define who counts as a Member and name the House and Senate payroll administrators. Treasury would have to help those offices carry out the escrow rules. These definitions set whe…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-5792 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5792)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9497)
- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5792 (as of 2026-09-13).