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HR 1779 115th 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: March 29, 2017 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 29, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Mar 29, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 29, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Budget, No Pay Act

This bill 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. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 8 Republican 3
Rooney, Francis
· Oct 11, 2017
Hollingsworth, Trey
· Oct 2, 2017
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jun 23, 2017
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Apr 27, 2017
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Mar 29, 2017
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 29, 2017
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Mar 29, 2017
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 29, 2017
DeSantis, Ron
· Mar 29, 2017
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 29, 2017
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Mar 29, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 29, 2017
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Mar 29, 2017
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Mar 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1779: No Budget, No Pay Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1779/
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"H.R. 1779: No Budget, No Pay Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1779/.
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H.R. 1779, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1779/.
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