United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 857 (116th)
Inaction Has Consequences Act
Introduced
29 January 2019
Last action
29 January 2019 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
Robert Wittman
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Inaction Has Consequences Act This bill requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be held in escrow if their chamber has not passed each of the annual appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year, beginning with FY2020. Salaries are released once the bills are passed or at the end of the Congress.
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Timeline
29 January 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
29 January 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
29 January 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 29 January 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 January 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 January 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 29 January 2019
Sponsors
- Robert Wittman · R · Sponsor
- · hsha00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Inaction Has Consequences Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/857
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/857
- us · 116-hr-857 · source updated 7 April 2025