Missed Paychecks for Missed Deadlines Act

This legislative proposal seeks to prevent Members of Congress from receiving their salaries during periods of a government shutdown. It establishes a mechanism where, for any day a shutdown is in effect during a pay period, the relevant payroll administrator in each House of Congress must withhold a proportional amount of pay from each Member. A key provision specifies that Members of Congress will not receive retroactive pay for any period during which their pay was withheld due to a shutdown. The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with providing necessary assistance to the payroll administrators to ensure proper implementation of these pay prohibitions. For the purposes of this Act, a government shutdown is explicitly defined as a lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department. This lapse must result from a failure to enact either a regular appropriations bill or a continuing resolution. The provisions of this bill are set to apply starting with the One Hundred Twentieth Congress and all subsequent Congresses.