No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
- Last Action
- 3/10/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-10Referred 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.
- 2025-03-10Referred 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.
- 2025-03-10Introduced in House
- 2025-03-10Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-03-10 (00)
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.)
Cosponsors (14)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Robert Bresnahan (R-PA)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- George Whitesides (D-CA)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
- Christopher Deluzio (D-PA)
- Thomas Kean (R-NJ)
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
- Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
- Timothy Kennedy (D-NY)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
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