[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1220 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1220

 To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid during Federal 
                         Government shutdowns.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            September 7 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that Members of Congress shall not 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. PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS.

    No 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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