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US HB5637

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mike Kennedy

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Members of Congress would have their pay withheld for each day a government shutdown is in effect, calculated as one day's worth of their annual salary multiplied by the number of 24-hour shutdown periods

  • A government shutdown is defined as any lapse in appropriations for a federal agency or department due to failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution

  • The Chief Administrative Officer of the House and the Secretary of the Senate would serve as payroll administrators responsible for implementing the pay withholding

  • The Secretary of the Treasury must provide assistance to congressional payroll administrators to carry out the pay prohibition

  • The bill would take effect beginning with the 120th Congress and apply to all subsequent Congresses

Legislative Description

No Work, No Pay Act of 2025

Congress

Last Action

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

9/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Administration9/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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