S 55
113th 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: January 22, 2013
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 22, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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 as a result of a 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.
Prohibits retroactive payment of such forfeited pay.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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