HR 187 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

No Budget, No Pay Act

Introduced Jan 7, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Jim Cooper D-TN

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Latest action · Jan 7, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 7, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Budget, No Pay Act

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. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2015 to May 11, 2016; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalJan 7, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJan 7, 2015
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJan 7, 2015
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJan 7, 2015
I-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-NJLeonard LanceOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-CAPaul CookOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-WIReid J. RibbleOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-FLRon DeSantisOriginalJan 7, 2015
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-PAScott PerryOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-FLVern BuchananOriginalJan 7, 2015
R-NYChristopher P. GibsonJan 8, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerJan 8, 2015
R-TNDiane BlackJan 8, 2015
D-CAJim CostaJan 8, 2015
D-ORKurt SchraderJan 8, 2015
R-ILRodney DavisJan 8, 2015
R-INTodd YoungJan 8, 2015
D-ILCheri BustosJan 12, 2015
R-CADavid G. ValadaoJan 12, 2015
R-KSLynn JenkinsJan 12, 2015
R-SCMick MulvaneyJan 12, 2015
D-FLPatrick MurphyJan 12, 2015
D-VTPeter WelchJan 12, 2015
R-FLDaniel WebsterJan 13, 2015
D-IADavid LoebsackJan 21, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanJan 21, 2015
D-FLGwen GrahamJan 22, 2015
R-ILRobert J. DoldFeb 5, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyFeb 10, 2015
R-COMike CoffmanFeb 24, 2015
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalMar 10, 2015
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyApr 29, 2015
D-NEBrad AshfordAug 4, 2015
R-PAGlenn ThompsonJan 8, 2016
R-IADavid YoungMay 11, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Jan 7, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Jan 7, 2015Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1807Elizabeth H. Esty D-CTApr 19, 2016

Research

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Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 2, January 7, 2015, page H104.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
97-1011Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical TablesReportMay 6, 2026

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 39No Budget, No Pay ActIdentical billJan 7, 2015
HR 1779No Budget, No Pay ActReintroduced BillMar 29, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.
Short Titles as Introduced
No Budget, No Pay Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2015Introduced in House

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