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No Budget, No Pay Act

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now January 3, 2017

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

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