Money Where Our Mouths Are Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8140 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8140 To prohibit the pay of Members of Congress during periods in which a Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2026 Mr. James introduced the following bill; which was 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 BILL To prohibit the pay of Members of Congress during periods in which a Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Money Where Our Mouths Are Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. (a) Prohibition of Pay.--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. (b) Role of Secretary of the Treasury.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the payrol