Hold Congress Accountable Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2015 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 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.
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.
- IntroducedApr 23, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hold Congress Accountable Act
Requires a reduction in the annual rate of pay of a Member of Congress during a government shutdown equal to the product of 1 day's worth of pay under such annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the government shutdown is in effect. Makes such reduction applicable to days occurring after the date of the general election for federal office held in November 2016.
Requires any amount of pay of a Member of Congress in the 114th Congress that is reduced due to a government shutdown to be held in escrow until the last day of the 114th Congress and released for payment to Members at that time.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2015 to Dec 15, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jun 24, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Sep 15, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 18, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Gwen Graham | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Dec 15, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Apr 23, 2015 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 23, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 23, 2015Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 60, April 23, 2015, page H2466.
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.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97-1011 | Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables | Report | May 6, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1794 | Hold Congress Accountable Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 29, 2017 |
| S 2074 | No Government No Pay Act of 2015 | Related bill | Sep 24, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if a Government shutdown occurs during a year, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hold Congress Accountable Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2015Introduced in House
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
