House Intern Pay Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 25, 2019 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.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
House Intern Pay Act of 2019
This bill addresses the compensation of interns for Members of the House of Representatives.
The bill modifies a capped allowance for compensating interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House during a calendar year. The Committee on House Administration must establish an equivalent allowance for each Member's office for that purpose. An unused portion of the allowance may be reallocated to another Member's office, depending on specified circumstances.
Furthermore, the bill requires that the hourly rate for interns be at least $15 per hour for the first year and provides for inflationary adjustments in subsequent years.
Cosponsors 51
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2019 to Jun 11, 2019; 40 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Apr 25, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | May 30, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | May 30, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 11, 2019 |
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 Apr 25, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 25, 2019Referred 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. 165, no. 68, April 25, 2019, page H3284.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40962 | Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide an allowance to offices of Members of the House of Representatives which shall be available for the compensation of interns, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- House Intern Pay Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2019Introduced 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.
