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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 
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 
MARCH 29, 2017 
Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. COSTA, 
Ms. SINEMA, Mr. BERA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. HIMES, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. KIND, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. SCHRADER, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
In this section, the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’— 
(1) has the meaning given under section 2106 
of title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) does not include the Vice President. 
SEC. 3. TIMELY APPROVAL OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
ON THE BUDGET AND THE APPROPRIATIONS 
BILLS. 
If both Houses of Congress have not approved a con-
current resolution on the budget as described under sec-
tion 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for a fiscal year before 
October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the 
regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year before 
October 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member of 
Congress may not be paid for each day following that Oc-
tober 1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress 
approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fis-
cal year and all the regular appropriations bills. 
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 United States Treasury for 
the pay of any Member of Congress during any period de-
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termined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 
Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate or the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives under section 5. 
(b) NO RETROACTIVE PAY.—A Member of Congress 
may not receive pay for any period determined by the 
Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Chair-
persons of the Committee on the Budget and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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 a request to the Chairpersons of the Com-
mittee on the Budget and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate for certification of deter-
minations made under paragraph (2) (A) and (B). 
(2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairpersons of 
the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate shall— 
(A) on October 1 of each year, make a de-
termination of whether Congress is in compli-
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ance with section 3 and whether Senators may 
not be paid under that section; 
(B) determine the period of days following 
each October 1 that Senators may not be paid 
under section 3; 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 year, the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives shall submit a re-
quest to the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 
Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives for certification of deter-
minations made under paragraph (2) (A) and (B). 
(2) DETERMINATIONS.—The Chairpersons of 
the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
shall— 
(A) on October 1 of each year, make a de-
termination of whether Congress is in compli-
ance with section 3 and whether Members of 
the House of Representatives may not be paid 
under that section; 
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(B) determine the period of days following 
each October 1 that Members of the House of 
Representatives may not be paid under section 
3; 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 section shall take effect on February 1, 2019. 
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