Official Summaries

No Budget, No Pay Act

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.

This bill takes effect on September 29, 2027.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 88 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 88

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 14, 2025

  Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. 
Britt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Schmitt) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 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 Representatives 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--
            (1) the term ``Budget and Appropriations Chairs'' means the 
        House Budget and Appropriations Chairs and the Senate Budget 
        and Appropriations Chairs;
            (2) the term ``House Budget and Appropriations 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 Appropriations 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 Congressional Budget and 
        Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for that the 
        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 provision 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 Appropriations 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 October 1 of each year, 
        the Secretary of the Senate shall submit to the Senate Budget 
        and Appropriations Chairs a request for certification of 
        determinations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
        paragraph (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 compliance 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 
                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 
        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--
                    (A) on October 1 of each fiscal year, make a 
                determination of whether Congress is in compliance 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 
                determinations 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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