No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
Latest action · May 18, 2023 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
This bill withholds or eliminates the pay of Members of Congress for any day that the public debt limit is reached or there is a government shutdown.
During the 118th Congress, any salary earned by Members during these events must be held in escrow and released on the last day of that Congress. For subsequent Congresses, a Member shall not be paid for any day that these events occur.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2023 to Mar 6, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | May 22, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | May 24, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Mar 6, 2024 |
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 May 18, 2023 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 18, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2023Introduced in House
- May 18, 2023Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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. 169, no. 84, May 18, 2023, page H2460.
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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5587 | My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act | Related bill | Sep 20, 2023 |
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 the public debt limit is reached or a Government shutdown occurs during a year, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 18, 2023Introduced 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.
