No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 115-s-14
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Legislative rules and procedure

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Budget, No Pay Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget 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 by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 14 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 3, 2017 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Manchin , and Mr. Barrasso ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Budget, No Pay Act . 2. Definition In this Act, 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. 3. Timely approval of concurrent resolution on the budget and the appropriations bills If both Houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget as described under section 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 October 1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress approve a concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year and all the regular appropriations bills. 4. No pay without concurrent resolution on the budget and the appropriations bills (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision 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 determined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 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 Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under section 5, at any time after the end of that period. 5. Determinations (a) Senate (1) Request for certifications On October 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall submit a request to the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate for certification of determinations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2). (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 determination of whether Congress is in compliance 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 determinations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) upon the request of the Secretary of the Senate. (b) House of Representatives (1) Request for certifications On October 1 of each year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit a request to the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives for certification of determinations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2). (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 determination of whether Congress is in compliance with section 3 and whether Members of the House of Representatives may not be paid under that section; (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 determinations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) upon the request of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 6. Effective date This Act shall take effect on February 1, 2019.