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HR 3675 115th Congress House

Stop Pay for Members Act

Official title: To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the Treasury is unable to satisfy the obligations of the United States Government in a timely m… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide that Members of Congress shall be paid last whenever the Treasury is unable to satisfy the obligations of the United States Government in a timely manner because the public debt limit has been reached.

Introduced: September 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
Congress Budget deficits and national debtGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementMembers of Congress
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sep 5, 2017
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Pay for Members Act

This bill declares that the obligation to pay the basic pay of Members of Congress may not be satisfied if the U.S. public debt reaches the public debt limit until: (1) all other obligations of the U.S. government then due have been satisfied; or (2) if earlier, the ability of the Treasury to satisfy such obligations in a timely manner is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt limit or otherwise.

Each Member of Congress consents and agrees that payment of basic pay in accordance with this bill shall constitute a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service as a Member during the period covered by the payment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 5, 2017
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 5, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3675: Stop Pay for Members Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3675/
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"H.R. 3675: Stop Pay for Members Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3675/.
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H.R. 3675, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3675/.
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