# 119-hr-5802: MAGA Act

119-hr-5802, MAGA Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-13).

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- As of: 2026-09-13
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5802
- Congress: 119
- Title: MAGA Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-13

## Summary

**Automatic funding and payroll escrow rules for federal pay during shutdowns.** This bill would let the Treasury fund most civil service and uniformed service pay during any lapse in discretionary appropriations while requiring payroll administrators to withhold and escrow pay for top officials until specified shutdown or term periods end. - Federal employees and uniformed service members would be covered by Treasury funding for salaries and expenses during shutdowns, with department heads and deputy secretaries explicitly excluded from that automatic funding. - Members of Congress would have their daily pay for each 24-hour shutdown period withheld and placed in escrow, with those amounts released only when the bill’s specified period ends and escrowed funds returned at the end of the applicable Congress to comply with the 27th Amendment. - The President and Vice President would have daily pay for shutdown days escrowed by the Office of Personnel Management, and certain senior Executive Office positions and noncareer Senior Executive Service and Schedule C policy roles would be barred from pay during shutdowns.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pay protection for federal and military in shutdowns: benefit, high. If enacted, the government would keep paying civil service and uniformed service workers during any funding lapse that starts after this bill becomes law. The money would come from the Treasury as needed to cover salary and expenses. The bill would define a "Government shutdown" as a lapse in fundi…
- No shutdown pay for top appointees: cost, medium. If enacted, department heads and deputy secretaries would be excluded from the bill’s automatic pay during a shutdown. Also, while a shutdown is in effect, money could not be used to pay certain senior Executive Office of the President officials, including Executive Schedule positions, noncareer SE…
- President, VP, Congress pay withheld: cost, medium. If enacted, the pay of Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President would be withheld and placed in escrow for each 24-hour day a shutdown lasts. The amount held back would equal the daily pay rate times the number of shutdown days in the pay period. For Members, during the 119th Cong…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5802 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5802)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5802 (as of 2026-09-13).