No Budget, No Pay Act
Latest action · Jan 8, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 8, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Budget, No Pay Act
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to Oct 22, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Jan 8, 2019 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jan 10, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jan 11, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jan 15, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Jan 16, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jan 16, 2019 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jan 28, 2019 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| R-GA | Kelly Loeffler | Oct 22, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 8, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7402 | Mike Braun R-IN, Rick Scott R-FL | Dec 10, 2020 |
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.
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 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 129 | No Budget, No Pay Act | Identical bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
| S 950 | No Budget, No Pay Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 24, 2021 |
| HR 1612 | Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 12, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Title(s) 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.
- Jan 8, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
