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H.R. 4036 112th Congress House

Pass a Budget Now Act

Official title: To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to impose a daily reduction in the rates of pay for Members of Congress if Congress fails to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget.

Introduced: February 16, 2012 See on congress.gov
Congress Budget deficits and national debtBudget processGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of Congress
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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.
Feb 15, 2012
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 Latest action February 15, 2012

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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pass a Budget Now Act - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to reduce the rate of pay for a Member of Congress for failure to agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget.

Reduces the rate of pay during each pay period of any year, if there is no agreement by April 15 on a budget resolution for the following fiscal year, by an amount equal to the product of the average daily rate of pay involved and the number of days during the pay period which occur after April 15 and before Congress does reach agreement on a budget resolution.

Requires all unpaid compensation to be used for deficit reduction.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
LATOURETTE, STEVEN
· Mar 7, 2012
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 6, 2012
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 16, 2012
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Feb 16, 2012
Pearce, Stevan
· Feb 16, 2012
Roe, David
· Feb 16, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4036: Pass a Budget Now Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4036/
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"H.R. 4036: Pass a Budget Now Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4036/.
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