United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1779 (115th)
No Budget, No Pay Act
Introduced
29 March 2017
Last action
29 March 2017 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
JAMES COOPER, Stephanie Murphy, Daniel Lipinski, Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Kyrsten Sinema, Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6], Tom O'Halleran, Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50], James Himes, Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Ron DeSantis, RON KIND, Derek Kilmer, Vern Buchanan, Bradley Schneider, David Valadao, Rodney Davis, Kurt Schrader, Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5], David Loebsack, Lloyd Smucker, Sean Maloney, Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46], Trey Hollingsworth, Francis Rooney
Subjects
Taxation, Budget
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
No Budget, No Pay Act This bill prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.
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Timeline
29 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 March 2017
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 29 March 2017 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 March 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 March 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 29 March 2017
Sponsors
- JAMES COOPER · D · Sponsor
- Stephanie Murphy · D · Sponsor
- Daniel Lipinski · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] · D · Sponsor
- Kyrsten Sinema · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
- Tom O'Halleran · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] · D · Sponsor
- James Himes · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · D · Sponsor
- Ron DeSantis · R · Sponsor
- RON KIND · D · Sponsor
- Derek Kilmer · D · Sponsor
- Vern Buchanan · R · Sponsor
- Bradley Schneider · D · Sponsor
- David Valadao · R · Sponsor
- Rodney Davis · R · Sponsor
- Kurt Schrader · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] · D · Sponsor
- David Loebsack · D · Cosponsor
- Lloyd Smucker · R · Cosponsor
- Sean Maloney · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] · D · Cosponsor
- Trey Hollingsworth · R · Cosponsor
- Francis Rooney · R · Cosponsor
- · hsha00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1779
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1779
- us · 115-hr-1779 · source updated 5 December 2025