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S. 89Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

No Budget, No Pay Act

Sponsored by Mike BraunSen. Mike Braun (R-IN)
Introduced January 25, 2023

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The No Budget, No Pay Act would stop members of Congress from receiving their salaries after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not passed a budget resolution and the regular appropriations bills. It ties congressional pay to timely budget approval, affecting all Senators and Representatives (but not the Vice President). The law would begin on September 30, 2025.

Key Provisions

  • Requires both the House and Senate to approve a budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills by October 1 each fiscal year.
  • If Congress fails to meet that deadline, no Treasury funds may be used to pay any member of Congress for the period after October 1, and no retroactive pay can be made later.
  • Designates the House and Senate Budget and Appropriations Chairs to certify whether the deadline was met and to determine the length of any unpaid period.
  • Sets the effective date of the Act as September 30, 2025.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

January 25, 2023

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

January 25, 2023

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Introduced in SenateIssued January 25, 2023

II

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 89

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 25, 2023

Mr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Scott of Florida, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Britt, and Mrs. Blackburn) 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

6.

Effective date

This Act shall take effect on September 30, 2025.