H.R. 5738

119 HR 5738 IH: No Budget, No Pay Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-10-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5738  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   October 10, 2025   Mr. Moore of North Carolina  (for himself,  Ms. Malliotakis ,  Mr. Onder , and  Mrs. Miller-Meeks ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on House Administration    A BILL
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Budget, No Pay Act  .
2.
Definitions
In this Act—
(1)
the term  Budget and Appropriations Chairs  means the House Budget and Appropriations Chairs and the Senate Budget and Appropriations Chairs;
(2)
the term  House Budget and Appropriations Chairs  means the Chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
(3)
the term  Member of Congress —
(A)
has the meaning given that term under section 2106 of title 5, United States Code; and
(B)
does not include the Vice President; and
(4)
the term  Senate Budget and Appropriations Chairs  means the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
3.
Timely approval of concurrent resolution on the budget and the appropriations bills
Not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, both Houses of Congress shall—
(1)
approve a concurrent resolution on the budget as described under section 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 632 ) for that fiscal year; and
(2)
pass all the regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year.
4.
No pay without concurrent resolution on the budget and the appropriations bills
(a)
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be appropriated or otherwise be made available from the Treasury of the United States for the pay of any Member of Congress with respect to any period during which Congress is not in compliance with section 3, as determined by the Budget and Appropriations Chairs under section 5.
(b)
No retroactive pay
A Member of Congress may not receive pay with respect to any period during which Congress was not in compliance with section 3, as determined by the Budget and Appropriations Chairs under section 5, at any time after the end of that period.
5.
Determinations
(a)
Senate
(1)
Request for certifications
On October 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall submit to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Chairs a request for certification of determinations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2).
(2)
Determinations
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Chairs shall—
(A)
on October 1 of each fiscal year, make a determination of whether Congress is in compliance with section 3 with respect to that fiscal year and whether Senators may not be paid under section 4;
(B)
determine the period of days following each October 1 that Senators may not be paid under section 4; and
(C)
provide timely certification of the determinations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) upon the request of the Secretary of the Senate.
(b)
House of Representatives
(1)
Request for certifications
On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit to the House Budget and Appropriations Chairs a request for certification of determinations made under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2).
(2)
Determinations
The House Budget and Appropriations Chairs shall—
(A)
on October 1 of each fiscal year, make a determination of whether Congress is in compliance with section 3 with respect to that fiscal year and whether Members of the House of Representatives may not be paid under section 4;
(B)
determine the period of days following each October 1 that Members of the House of Representatives may not be paid under section 4; and
(C)
provide timely certification of the determinations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) upon the request of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
6.
Effective date
This Act shall take effect on September 29, 2027.