S 388
112th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
A bill to prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns.
Introduced: February 17, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2011
Held at the desk.
Mar 2, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 2, 2011
Received in the House.
Mar 1, 2011
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1051)
Mar 1, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1051)
Mar 1, 2011
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1051-1052)
Mar 1, 2011
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1051-1052)
Feb 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 17, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S887-888)
Feb 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Prohibits Members of Congress and the President from receiving basic pay for any period in which: (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department that results from failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution, or (2) the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt limit has been reached.
Bars such forfeited pay from being paid retroactively.
What's happening now
Held at the desk.
Committees of jurisdiction
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