Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
- Last Action
- 3/11/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-03Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
- 2019-01-03Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-03 (00)
Hold Congress Accountable Act
This bill provides for withholding or eliminating the pay of Members of Congress during a government shutdown.
Through the day of the general election in November 2020, the bill requires the salaries of Members to be held in escrow during a government shutdown and to be released on the last day of the 116th Congress.
After the general election in November 2020, the bill eliminates the pay of Members for the period of a government shutdown.
Cosponsors (20)
- JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
- Jackie Speier (D-CA)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- David Loebsack (D-IA)
- J. Correa (D-CA)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
- Max Rose (D-NY)
- Scott Peters (D-CA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Members of Congress
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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