HR 325 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 4, 2013 Became Public Law No: 113-3.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2013
  2. Passed HouseJan 23, 2013
  3. Passed SenateJan 31, 2013
  4. To the PresidentFeb 4, 2013
  5. Became lawFeb 4, 2013

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on January 23, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 - Suspends through May 18, 2013, the current $16.394 trillion public debt limit.

Makes a special rule relating to obligations issued during the suspension period. Revises the discretionary increase in the public debt limit by the Secretary of the Treasury, under current law, subject to a congressional resolution of disapproval, upon submission to Congress of required presidential certifications that the debt subject to limit is within $100 billion of the limit and further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments.

Substitutes for this discretionary increase, effective May 19, 2013, an automatic increase in the public debt limit, but only to the extent that: (1) the face amount of obligations issued and the face amount of obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the federal government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on May 19, 2013, exceeds (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act.

Prohibits an obligation from being taken into account unless its issuance was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the federal government that required payment before May 19, 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 if by April 15, 2013, that house has not agreed to a concurrent budget resolution for FY2014. Requires release to those Members of such payments after April 16, 2013, only upon the earlier of: (1) the day on which that house agrees to a concurrent budget resolution for FY2014, or (2) the last day of the 113th Congress.

Recorded votes 4

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
Senate 11Bill Passed64–34Jan 31, 2013
Senate 10Motion to Table Agreed to53–45Jan 31, 2013
House 30Passed285–144Jan 23, 2013
House 29Failed151–277Jan 23, 2013

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 21, 2013.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MICandice S. MillerOriginalJan 21, 2013

Actions 25

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2013Became Public Law No: 113-3.
  2. Feb 4, 2013Presented to President.
  3. Feb 4, 2013Signed by President.
  4. Jan 31, 2013Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S413-426, S426-429)
  5. Jan 31, 2013Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Related bills 6

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Jan 28, 2013Placed on Calendar Senate
  3. Jan 23, 2013Engrossed in House
  4. Jan 21, 2013Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.