Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013
Latest action · Jun 12, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house during a specified period beginning when the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt has been reached. Requires release of such payments to those Members only upon the earlier of: (1) the date on which both chambers present a bill to the President to increase the public debt, or (2) the last day of the 113th Congress.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2013Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2013Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- Jun 12, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E850-851)
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 325 | No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 | Related bill | Feb 4, 2013 |
| S 1142 | Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013 | Related bill | Jun 12, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2013Introduced in House
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