PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] · R–TX
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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-31 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would withhold congressional pay when funding expires for any federal agency or department because Congress has not enacted a funding law. Its main calculation deducts one day’s pay for each complete 24-hour shutdown period. The restrictions would apply beginning with the 120th Congress and continue in later Congresses. A separate pay prohibition is worded more broadly, leaving uncertainty about how much pay members would lose.
a Government shutdown shall be considered to be in effect if 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.
an amount equal to the product of— (1) an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay under the annual rate of pay applicable to the Member under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and (2) the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect which occur during the pay period.
(b) No retroactive pay A Member of Congress may not receive pay with respect to any pay period during which a Government shutdown is in effect as determined under section 3.
This section shall apply with respect to days occurring during the One Hundred Twentieth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
Section 1 names the proposal the “Missed Paychecks for Missed Deadlines Act.”
This Act may be cited as the Missed Paychecks for Missed Deadlines Act.
Section 2(a) would require each chamber’s payroll administrator to reduce each covered member’s compensation for a pay period containing a shutdown. The deduction would equal one day’s pay at the member’s applicable annual pay rate multiplied by the number of 24-hour shutdown periods occurring within that pay period.
If on any day during a pay period a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of each House of Congress shall exclude from the payments otherwise required to be made with respect to that pay period for the compensation of each Member of Congress who serves in that House of Congress an amount equal to the product of— (1) an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay under the annual rate of pay applicable to the Member under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and (2) the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect which occur during the pay period.
Although section 2(b) is headed “No retroactive pay,” its operative wording would prohibit receiving pay for any pay period containing a shutdown. That wording appears broader than merely preventing later repayment of the daily deductions calculated under section 2(a).
(b) No retroactive pay A Member of Congress may not receive pay with respect to any pay period during which a Government shutdown is in effect as determined under section 3.
an amount equal to the product of— (1) an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay under the annual rate of pay applicable to the Member under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501); and (2) the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect which occur during the pay period.
The House’s Chief Administrative Officer and the Secretary of the Senate, or employees they designate, would administer the deductions. The Treasury Secretary would have to provide assistance as necessary.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payroll administrators of the Houses of Congress with such assistance as may be necessary to enable the payroll administrators to carry out this section.
the payroll administrator of a House of Congress means— (1) in the case of the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this section; and (2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who is designated by the Secretary to carry out this section.
The pay restrictions would apply to days during the 120th Congress and every succeeding Congress. This provision specifies no final Congress or expiration date.
(e) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to days occurring during the One Hundred Twentieth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
Section 3 would trigger the restrictions when any federal agency or department loses funding because a regular appropriations bill—a law providing funding—or a continuing resolution—a temporary funding measure—has not been enacted. The definition does not require a government-wide funding lapse.
For purposes of this Act, a Government shutdown shall be considered to be in effect if 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.
Section 4 defines covered members by referring to positions listed in three subparagraphs of an existing congressional pay law. Those subparagraphs are not reproduced, so the supplied text does not itself enumerate every covered position.
In this Act, the term Member of Congress means an individual serving in a position under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501).
The supplied action snapshot, updated September 2, 2026, records introduction in the House on August 31, 2026, and referral that day to the House Administration and Oversight and Government Reform committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-02T00:58:19Z.
2026-08-31: Introduced in House
2026-08-31: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-08-31. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not extend to other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish the contents of other versions or accompanying earmark materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential benefit, carve-out, or special exemption was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version.
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