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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5738

No Budget, No Pay Act

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Introduced 2025-10-10Topic: budget · governance ethics

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-10-10HouseReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.refer
2025-10-10Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-10-10Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.