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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 See on congress.gov
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Jan 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 22, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 22, 2013

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 30, 2013
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 30, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 55: A bill to prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-55/
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"S. 55: A bill to prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-55/.
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