HR 211
116th Congress
House
Congress
Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Hold Congress Accountable Act
Introduced: January 3, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Hold Congress Accountable Act
This bill provides for withholding or eliminating the pay of Members of Congress during a government shutdown.
Through the day of the general election in November 2020, the bill requires the salaries of Members to be held in escrow during a government shutdown and to be released on the last day of the 116th Congress.
After the general election in November 2020, the bill eliminates the pay of Members for the period of a government shutdown.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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