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H.R. 187 114th Congress House

No Budget, No Pay Act

Official title: 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 bu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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 and passed the regular appropriations bills.

Introduced: January 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 7, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 7, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 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): (1) 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 and have not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 6 Republican 7
Young, David
· May 11, 2016
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jan 8, 2016
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jan 21, 2015
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Jan 13, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Jan 12, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jan 12, 2015
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Jan 8, 2015
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Jan 8, 2015
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Jan 7, 2015
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jan 7, 2015
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jan 7, 2015
DeSantis, Ron
· Jan 7, 2015
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jan 7, 2015
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jan 7, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jan 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 187: No Budget, No Pay Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-187/
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