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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5738 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of North Carolina (for himself, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. ONDER, 
and Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration 
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. 
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’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
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(1) the term ‘‘Budget and Appropriations 
Chairs’’ means the House Budget and Appropria-
tions Chairs and the Senate Budget and Appropria-
tions Chairs; 
(2) the term ‘‘House Budget and Appropria-
tions Chairs’’ means the Chair of the Committee on 
the Budget of the House of Representatives and the 
Chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; 
(3) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’— 
(A) has the meaning given that term under 
section 2106 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) does not include the Vice President; 
and 
(4) the term ‘‘Senate Budget and Appropria-
tions Chairs’’ means the Chairman of the Committee 
on the Budget of the Senate and the Chairman of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 3. TIMELY APPROVAL OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
ON THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 
BILLS. 
Not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, both 
Houses of Congress shall— 
(1) approve a concurrent resolution on the 
budget as described under section 301 of the Con-
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gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for that fiscal year; and 
(2) pass all the regular appropriations bills for 
that fiscal year. 
SEC. 4. NO PAY WITHOUT CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON 
THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 
BILLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise 
be made available from the Treasury of the United States 
for the pay of any Member of Congress with respect to 
any period during which Congress is not in compliance 
with section 3, as determined by the Budget and Appro-
priations Chairs under section 5. 
(b) NO RETROACTIVE PAY.—A Member of Congress 
may not receive pay with respect to any period during 
which Congress was not in compliance with section 3, as 
determined by the Budget and Appropriations Chairs 
under section 5, at any time after the end of that period. 
SEC. 5. DETERMINATIONS. 
(a) SENATE.— 
(1) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On Octo-
ber 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall 
submit to the Senate Budget and Appropriations 
Chairs a request for certification of determinations 
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made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (2). 
(2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Senate Budget 
and Appropriations Chairs shall— 
(A) on October 1 of each fiscal year, make 
a determination of whether Congress is in com-
pliance with section 3 with respect to that fiscal 
year and whether Senators may not be paid 
under section 4; 
(B) determine the period of days following 
each October 1 that Senators may not be paid 
under section 4; and 
(C) provide timely certification of the de-
terminations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
upon the request of the Secretary of the Senate. 
(b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(1) REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATIONS.—On Octo-
ber 1 of each fiscal year, the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit 
to the House Budget and Appropriations Chairs a 
request for certification of determinations made 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2). 
(2) DETERMINATIONS.—The House Budget 
and Appropriations Chairs shall— 
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(A) on October 1 of each fiscal year, make 
a determination of whether Congress is in com-
pliance with section 3 with respect to that fiscal 
year and whether Members of the House of 
Representatives may not be paid under section 
4; 
(B) determine the period of days following 
each October 1 that Members of the House of 
Representatives may not be paid under section 
4; and 
(C) provide timely certification of the de-
terminations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
upon the request of the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on September 29, 2027. 
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