119th Congress
H.R. 1973
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Eugene Simon Vindman(D-VA)
- Introduced
- Mar 10, 2025
- Policy area
- Congress
- Committees
- House Committee on House Administration; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (14)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Added later (13)
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA) · Mar 21, 2025
- Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Sep 26, 2025
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Sep 26, 2025
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA) · Sep 30, 2025
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) · Sep 30, 2025
- Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) · Sep 30, 2025
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA) · Oct 3, 2025
- Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) · Oct 3, 2025
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) · Oct 3, 2025
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Oct 3, 2025
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · Nov 4, 2025
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) · Nov 4, 2025
- Greg Landsman (D-OH) · Nov 12, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
This bill withholds or eliminates the pay of Members of Congress for any day that the public debt limit is reached or there is a government shutdown.
During the 119th Congress, any salary earned by Members during these events must be held in escrow and released on the last day of that Congress. For subsequent Congresses, a Member shall not be paid for any day that these events occur. (Some exceptions apply.)
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 10, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. - Mar 10, 2025
Introduced in House