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HR 1789 115th Congress House Congress Appropriations Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress

No Government No Pay Act of 2017

Introduced: March 29, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Mar 29, 2017
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 29, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Government No Pay Act of 2017

A Member of Congress may not receive pay, during a government shutdown, equal to the product of one day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. This prohibition is applicable to days occurring during the 116th and succeeding Congresses.

What's happening now March 29, 2017

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 4852 Related bill Pay Our Protectors Not Our Politicians Act of 2018
  • HR 2214 Related bill Government Shutdown Accountability and Economic Report Act of 2017
  • S 2327 Related bill No Government No Pay Act of 2018
  • HR 4870 Related bill No Work, No Pay Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 2
R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Jun 27, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 23, 2018
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jan 25, 2018
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Jan 22, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jan 22, 2018
Donovan, Daniel
· Jan 19, 2018
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Jan 19, 2018
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jan 19, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 5, 2017
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Apr 25, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1789: No Government No Pay Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1789/
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"H.R. 1789: No Government No Pay Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1789/.
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