No Budget, No Pay Act
Latest action · Jan 10, 2017 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.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Budget, No Pay Act
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2018 by April 15, 2017, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2017, until the house of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 115th Congress, whichever is earlier.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2017 to May 17, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Jan 31, 2017 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Feb 7, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 15, 2017 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Feb 28, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Mar 8, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Apr 3, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | May 17, 2017 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 10, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2017Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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. 163, no. 6, January 10, 2017, page H300.
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 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 98 | Balanced Budget Accountability Act | Related bill | Jan 11, 2017 |
| HR 536 | Protection From Obamacare Mandates and Congressional Equity Act | Related bill | Jan 13, 2017 |
| HR 1951 | NOPE Act | Related bill | Apr 26, 2017 |
| HR 2153 | Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2017 | Related bill | Apr 26, 2017 |
| HR 5214 | Protecting Our Children's Future Act of 2018 | Related bill | Mar 8, 2018 |
| HR 5465 | No Budget, No Pay Act | Related bill | Apr 10, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that the salaries of Members of a House of Congress will be held in escrow if that House has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 by April 15, 2017.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- No Budget, No Pay Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2017Introduced 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.
