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Calendar No. 6 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 124 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 23 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2013 

Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. 

BARRASSO, Mr. BURR, Mr. COBURN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

ENZI, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CORKER, Mr. FLAKE, and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

JANUARY 28, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Pay 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

5 In this section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’— 

6 (1) has the meaning given under section 2106 

7 of title 5, United States Code; and 

8 (2) does not include the Vice President. 

9 SEC. 3. TIMELY APPROVAL OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

10 ON THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 

11 BILLS. 

12 If both Houses of Congress have not approved a con13 current resolution on the budget as described under sec14 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

15 Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for a fiscal year before 

16 October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the 

17 regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year before 

18 October 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member of 

19 Congress may not be paid for each day following that Oc20 tober 1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress 

21 approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fis22 cal year and all the regular appropriations bills. 


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1 SEC. 4. NO PAY WITHOUT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON 

2 THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 

3 BILLS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise 

6 be made available from the United States Treasury for 

7 the pay of any Member of Congress during any period de8 termined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 

9 Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen10 ate or the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget 

11 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

12 Representatives under section 5. 

13 (b) NO RETROACTIVE PAY.—A Member of Congress 

14 may not receive pay for any period determined by the 

15 Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the 

16 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Chair17 persons of the Committee on the Budget and the Com18 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 under section 5, at any time after the end of that period. 

20 SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS. 

21 (a) SENATE.— 

22 (1) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On Octo23 ber 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall 

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1 priations of the Senate for certification of deter2 minations made under paragraph (2) (A) and (B). 

3 (2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairpersons of 

4 the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 

5 Appropriations of the Senate shall— 

6 (A) on October 1 of each year, make a de7 termination of whether Congress is in compli8 ance with section 3 and whether Senators may 

9 not be paid under that section; 

10 (B) determine the period of days following 

11 each October 1 that Senators may not be paid 

12 under section 3; and 

13 (C) provide timely certification of the de14 terminations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

15 upon the request of the Secretary of the Senate. 

16 (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

17 (1) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On Octo18 ber 1 of each year, the Chief Administrative Officer 

19 of the House of Representatives shall submit a re20 quest to the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 

21 Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives for certification of deter23 minations made under paragraph (2) (A) and (B). 

24 (2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairpersons of 

25 the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 


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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

2 shall— 

3 (A) on October 1 of each year, make a de4 termination of whether Congress is in compli5 ance with section 3 and whether Members of 

6 the House of Representatives may not be paid 

7 under that section; 

8 (B) determine the period of days following 

9 each October 1 that Members of the House of 

10 Representatives may not be paid under section 

11 3; and 

12 (C) provide timely certification of the de13 terminations under subparagraph (A) and (B) 

14 upon the request of the Chief Administrative 

15 Officer of the House of Representatives. 

16 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 This Act shall take effect on February 1, 2015. 


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Calendar No. 6 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 124 

A BILL 

To provide that Members of Congress may not reappropriations bills. resolution on the budget and passed the regular which Congress has not approved a concurrent ceive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in 

JANUARY 28, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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