I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Budget, No Pay 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS FOR FAILURE TO AGREE TO 
BUDGET RESOLUTION OR PASS REGULAR AP-
PROPRIATIONS BILLS ON TIMELY BASIS. 
(a) FAILURE TO AGREE TO BUDGET RESOLUTION.— 
(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by April 
15 of any calendar year occurring during a Congress 
(beginning with the One Hundred Nineteenth Con-
gress), both Houses of Congress have not agreed to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to 
section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 
of that year, no Member of Congress may receive 
compensation with respect to the period described in 
paragraph (2). 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 
16 of the calendar year and ends on the day on 
which both Houses of Congress agree to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 
which begins on October 1 of that year. 
(b) FAILURE TO PASS REGULAR APPROPRIATION 
BILLS.— 
(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION.—If by Sep-
tember 30 of any calendar year occurring during a 
Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Nine-
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teenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not 
passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the 
fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year, 
no Member of Congress may receive compensation 
with respect to the period described in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is the period which begins on Oc-
tober 1 of the calendar year and ends on the first 
day by which both Houses of Congress have passed 
each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal 
year which begins on October 1 of that year. 
(3) 
REGULAR
APPROPRIATION
BILL
DE-
FINED.—The term ‘‘regular appropriation bill’’ 
means any annual appropriation bill which, with re-
spect to the Congress involved, is under the jurisdic-
tion of a single subcommittee of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
(pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives for that Congress) and a single subcommittee 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
(pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate). 
(c) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AS MEMBERS; EX-
CLUSION OF VICE PRESIDENT.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes a Delegate or Resident 
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Commissioner to the Congress but does not include the 
Vice President. 
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