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S 74 116th Congress Senate Congress Appropriations Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Members of Congress

No Work, No Pay Act of 2019

Introduced: January 10, 2019 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Work, No Pay Act of 2019

This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown, beginning with the 117th Congress.

For the 116th Congress, the bill requires a Member's pay to be deposited in an escrow account during a government shutdown and to be released at the earlier of the end of the shutdown or the end of the Congress.

What's happening now January 10, 2019

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

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