No Budget, No Pay Act
Latest action · Jan 14, 2025 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 14, 2025
- 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.
This bill takes effect on September 29, 2027.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 14, 2025 to Oct 20, 2025; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Jan 14, 2025 |
| R-MT | Tim Sheehy | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Jon Husted | Oct 1, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | Oct 15, 2025 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Oct 20, 2025 |
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 14, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 14, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 14, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 S1514 | Rick Scott R-FL | Mar 22, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1481 | Rick Scott R-FL | Mar 21, 2026 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7935–S7937 | Ashley Moody R-FL, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Rick Scott R-FL | Nov 6, 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5738 | No Budget, No Pay Act | Identical bill | Oct 10, 2025 |
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 14, 2025Introduced 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.
