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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5653 

To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid if Congress has 

not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the 

regular appropriations bills on a timely basis. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 

Mr. NICKEL (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. GOLDMAN of 

New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. TRONE, and Mr. 

MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid 

if Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution 

on the budget and passed the regular appropriations 

bills on a timely basis. 

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. PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF 

2 CONGRESS FOR FAILURE TO AGREE TO 

3 BUDGET RESOLUTION OR PASS REGULAR AP4 PROPRIATIONS BILLS ON TIMELY BASIS. 

5 (a) FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.— 

6 (1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by April 

7 15 of any calendar year occurring during a Congress 

8 (beginning with the One Hundred Nineteenth Con9 gress), both Houses of Congress have not agreed to 

10 a concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 

11 section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

12 1974 for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 

13 of that year, no Member of Congress may receive 

14 compensation with respect to the period described in 

15 paragraph (2). 

16 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

17 in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 

18 16 of the calendar year and ends on the day on 

19 which both Houses of Congress agree to a concur20 rent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 

21 which begins on October 1 of that year. 

22 (b) FAILURE TO PASS REGULAR APPROPRIATION

23 BILLS.— 

24 (1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by Sep25 tember 30 of any calendar year occurring during a 

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1 teenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not 

2 passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the 

3 fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year, 

4 no Member of Congress may receive compensation 

5 with respect to the period described in paragraph 

6 (2). 

7 (2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 

8 in this paragraph is the period which begins on Oc9 tober 1 of the calendar year and ends on the first 

10 day by which both Houses of Congress have passed 

11 each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal 

12 year which begins on October 1 of that year. 

13 (3) REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILL DE14 FINED.—The term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ 

15 means any annual appropriation bill which, with re16 spect to the Congress involved, is under the jurisdic17 tion of a single subcommittee of the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 (pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representa20 tives for that Congress) and a single subcommittee 

21 of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

22 (pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate). 

23 (c) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS; EX24 CLUSION OF VICE PRESIDENT.—In this section, the term 

25 ‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a Delegate or Resident 


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1 Commissioner to the Congress but does not include the 

2 Vice President. 

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