The main purpose of this legislation is to stop Members of Congress from receiving their pay during government shutdowns. The objective is to hold lawmakers accountable for their role in preventing or resolving funding issues that lead to shutdowns. The key provisions of the legislation state that if a government shutdown occurs during a pay period, the payroll administrators for both the House of Representatives and the Senate must withhold pay for the affected days. The amount withheld will equal the daily pay rate multiplied by the number of days the shutdown lasts within that pay period.