United States · Bill · S
S. 1142 (113th)
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013
Introduced
12 June 2013
Last action
12 June 2013 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsors
Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013 - Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that house during a specified period beginning when the federal government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public debt has been reached. Requires release of such payments to those Members only upon the earlier of: (1) the date on which both chambers present a bill to the President to increase the public debt, or (2) the last day of the 113th Congress.
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Timeline
12 June 2013
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
12 June 2013
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 June 2013 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 June 2013
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 June 2013
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 12 June 2013
Sponsors
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Sponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
- related to → Pay Your Bills or Lose Your Pay Act of 2013
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1142
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1142
- us · 113-s-1142 · source updated 5 December 2025