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Calendar No. 126 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2765 

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 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 

Mr. BRAUN introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’— 

3 (1) has the meaning given under section 2106 

4 of title 5, United States Code; and 

5 (2) does not include the Vice President. 

6 SEC. 3. TIMELY APPROVAL OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

7 ON THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 

8 BILLS. 

9 If both Houses of Congress have not approved a con10 current resolution on the budget as described under sec11 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

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

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

14 regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year before 

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

16 Congress may not be paid for each day following that Oc17 tober 1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress 

18 approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fis19 cal year and all the regular appropriations bills. 

20 SEC. 4. NO PAY WITHOUT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON 

21 THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 

22 BILLS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise 

25 be made available from the United States Treasury for 

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1 termined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 

2 Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen3 ate or the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget 

4 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

5 Representatives under section 5. 

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

7 may not receive pay for any period determined by the 

8 Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the 

9 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Chair10 persons of the Committee on the Budget and the Com11 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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

13 SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS. 

14 (a) SENATE.— 

15 (1) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On Octo16 ber 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall 

17 submit a request to the Chairpersons of the Com18 mittee on the Budget and the Committee on Appro19 priations of the Senate for certification of deter20 minations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

21 of paragraph (2). 

22 (2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairpersons of 

23 the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the Senate shall— 


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1 (A) on October 1 of each year, make a de2 termination of whether Congress is in compli3 ance with section 3 and whether Senators may 

4 not be paid under that section; 

5 (B) determine the period of days following 

6 each October 1 that Senators may not be paid 

7 under section 3; and 

8 (C) provide timely certification of the de9 terminations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

10 upon the request of the Secretary of the Senate. 

11 (b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

12 (1) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On Octo13 ber 1 of each year, the Chief Administrative Officer 

14 of the House of Representatives shall submit a re15 quest to the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 

16 Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives for certification of deter18 minations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

19 of paragraph (2). 

20 (2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairpersons of 

21 the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 

22 Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

23 shall— 

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1 ance with section 3 and whether Members of 

2 the House of Representatives may not be paid 

3 under that section; 

4 (B) determine the period of days following 

5 each October 1 that Members of the House of 

6 Representatives may not be paid under section 

7 3; and 

8 (C) provide timely certification of the de9 terminations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

10 upon the request of the Chief Administrative 

11 Officer of the House of Representatives. 

12 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

13 This Act shall take effect on September 29, 2023. 


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Calendar No. 126 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2765 

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 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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