No Pay for Disarray Act
Sponsored By: Representative Craig
Introduced
Summary
Cuts congressional pay for days the government is shut down. This bill would create a per-day pay reduction tied to each 24-hour lapse in appropriations and adds a withholding-and-escrow rule for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress to address the Twenty-Seventh Amendment.
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- Members of Congress would lose one day's pay for each 24-hour period a government shutdown lasts. The pay-reduction formula is set to apply to days after the regularly scheduled November 2026 general election.
- For the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress the bill would require payroll administrators to withhold the calculated amounts and place them in escrow, then release the funds on the last day of that Congress to avoid varying compensation under the Twenty-Seventh Amendment. The withholding rule does not apply to any days after the November 2026 general election that occur within the 119th Congress.
- Payroll administrators — the House Chief Administrative Officer or designated employee and the Secretary of the Senate or their designee — would be responsible for withholding and depositing amounts into escrow. The Secretary of the Treasury must provide assistance to implement this requirement.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
After 2026, shutdowns cut Member pay
After the November 2026 general election, shutdowns would reduce a Member’s annual pay. The cut would equal one day of pay times each full 24-hour shutdown day in the year. The cut would apply only to shutdown days that occur after that election date.
Shutdowns would withhold pay for Members
During the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, shutdown days would trigger a holdback of Member pay. For each pay period, the holdback would equal one day of pay times the number of full 24-hour shutdown days in that period. The money would go into an escrow account. Any money left in escrow would be paid out on the last day of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress to comply with the Twenty-Seventh Amendment. This rule would not apply to any day after the regular November 2026 general election. The Treasury Secretary would help payroll offices carry out these steps.
Who is covered and what shutdown means
The bill would define who counts as a Member of Congress by using the positions listed in 2 U.S.C. 4501. It would define a government shutdown as a lapse in funding for any agency or department because no regular funding bill or continuing resolution passed. For the escrow rule, the payroll administrator would be the House Chief Administrative Officer (or designee) and the Secretary of the Senate (or designee).
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Craig
MN • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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