No Budget, No Pay Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2023 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 25, 2023
- 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 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2023 to Oct 3, 2023; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Jan 25, 2023 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Feb 7, 2023 | |
| R-OH | J. D. Vance | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Oct 3, 2023 |
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 25, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jan 25, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 219 | No Budget, No Pay Act | Related bill | Feb 2, 2023 |
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 25, 2023Introduced 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.
