No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 116-hr-129
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Legislative rules and procedure

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Budget, No Pay Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 129 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Mr. Cooper (for himself, Mrs. Murphy , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Loebsack , Mr. Costa , Mr. Lipinski , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Buchanan , and Mr. Peters ) 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Budget, No Pay Act . 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. 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 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 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 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 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 subparagraph (A) and (B) upon the request of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 6. Effective date This section shall take effect on February 1, 2021.