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S. 1442 112th Congress Senate

No Budget, No Pay Act

Official title: A bill to provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget.

Introduced: July 28, 2011 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance Budget processCongressional operations and organizationGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of Congress
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Jul 28, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 28, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 28, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Budget, No Pay Act - Prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President) if both Houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fiscal year, nor until both Houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 28, 2011
Burr, Richard
· Jul 28, 2011
Vitter, David
· Jul 28, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1442: No Budget, No Pay Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1442/
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