No Budget, No Pay Act
Latest action · Jan 3, 2025 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 3, 2025
- 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 chamber of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for the next fiscal year by April 15, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Salaries are withheld from April 16 until the earlier of (1) the day on which the chamber of Congress agrees to a budget resolution for the next fiscal year, or (2) the last day of the Congress.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 3, 2025 to Nov 19, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Nov 19, 2025 |
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 3, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 1, January 3, 2025, page H43.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 113 | Budget Process Enhancement Act | Related bill | Jan 3, 2025 |
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 the next fiscal year by April 15.
- Short Title(s) 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 3, 2025Introduced 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.
