HB5853: No Budget, No Pay Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
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.
Plain-language summary
This bill would stop paying members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget and fund the government by October 1 each fiscal year. A concurrent resolution on the budget is an internal planning document that Congress passes to set spending targets. Regular appropriations bills are the specific spending laws that fund federal agencies and programs. The bill is currently introduced, meaning it has been formally filed but has not yet been considered by a .
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HB5853: No Budget, No Pay Act