No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 10, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedMar 10, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 81 words.
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 119th 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. (Some exceptions apply.)
Context
- Committees
- House Committee on House Administration
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Policy area
- Congress: 28 of 922 bills became law, 113th–118th (3%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 79 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 1,118 words
- Latest action
- Mar 10, 2025: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]