1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hold Congress Accountable Act . 2. Requiring reduction of pay of Members of Congress if Government shutdown occurs (a) Reduction of pay for each day of Government shutdown If on any day during a year a Government shutdown is in effect, the annual rate of pay applicable under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 ) with respect to each Member of Congress for the year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of— (1) an amount equal to one day’s worth of pay under such annual rate; and (2) the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect. (b) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to days occurring after the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2018. 3. Special rule for One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (a) Holding salaries in escrow If on any day during the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress a Government shutdown is in effect, the payroll administrator of that House of Congress shall— (1) withhold from the payments otherwise required to be made with respect to a pay period for the compensation of each Member of Congress who serves in that House of Congress an amount equal to the product of— (A) 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 (B) the number of 24-hour periods during which the Government shutdown is in effect which occur during the pay period