H.R. 1779 · 115th Congress
No Budget, No Pay Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jim Cooper
- Introduced
- 2017-03-29
- Latest action
- 2017-03-29 · Introduced in House
Summary
No Budget, No Pay Act
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.