Government Shutdown Salary Suspension Act

This bill, titled the "Government Shutdown Salary Suspension Act," seeks to prohibit the payment of salaries to Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President during periods when a government shutdown is in effect. It establishes a mechanism to place their compensation into an escrow account for the duration of such shutdowns. For Members of Congress, the daily rate of pay for each day a shutdown is in effect would be deposited into an escrow account. These funds would be released to the Members only when the government shutdown concludes or, to comply with the Twenty-Seventh Amendment , on the last day of the Congress during which the shutdown occurred. Similar provisions apply to the President and Vice President, whose salaries would be held in escrow and released upon the end of the shutdown or the last day of their term of office. A "Government shutdown" is explicitly defined as a lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department resulting from the failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution. The bill designates the payroll administrators of each House of Congress and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management as responsible for managing these escrow accounts for their respective officials.