; and (2) ends on the date on which appropriations and funds are no longer made available pursuant to section 1311 of such title. (d) Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) The term covered political appointee means any full-time, noncareer Presidential or Vice-Presidential appointee, noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service (or other SES-type system), or appointee to a position that has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of being of a confidential or policymaking character (Schedule C and other positions excepted under comparable criteria) in an executive agency, but does not include any individual appointed as a member of the Senior Foreign Service or solely as a uniformed service commissioned officer. (2) The term executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, and includes the Executive Office of the President, the United States Postal Service, and Postal Regulatory Commission, but does not include the Government Accountability Office. (3) The term Washington Metropolitan Area means the District of Columbia, the Counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland, and the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William and the Cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. 4. Prohibiting paying Members of Congress while automatic continuing appropriations are in effect (a) Rule for One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (1) Holding salaries in escrow If a pay period occurs during the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress during the period described in paragraph (2), the payroll administrator of each House of Congress shall— (A) deposit in an escrow account and 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— (i) the daily rate of pay of the Member under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4501 )