119th Congress · House bill · Last action Mar 10, 2025
H.R. 1973In CommitteeCongress
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
Sponsor: Rep. Vindman, Eugene (D-VA)14 cosponsorsIntroduced Mar 10, 2025
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In plain English
Rep. Eugene Vindman [D-VA] introduced this bill to withhold pay from members of Congress on any day the federal government reaches its debt limit or shuts down. During the current (119th) Congress, members' salaries for those days are held in escrow and released on the last day of the Congress; in future Congresses, members simply do not receive pay for those days, with limited exceptions. The Treasury Secretary is tasked with determining when debt limit or shutdown events occur. The bill defines what counts as a government shutdown and sets the mechanism for implementing the pay withholding.
What’s in the bill (4 sections)
- Sec. 2. Requiring reduction of pay of members of congress if public
- Sec. 3. Requiring reduction of pay of members of congress if government
- Sec. 4. Role of secretary of the treasury
- Sec. 5. Definitions
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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.
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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.
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Introduced in House
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Introduced in House
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Full action log
All 4 recorded actions since introduction · Source: Congress.gov
Mar 10
HOUSEReferred 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
HOUSEReferred 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
Introduced in House
Mar 10
Introduced in House
All 14 cosponsors
10 Democrats · 4 Republicans
Democrats (10)
Pappas, ChrisNH-01
Whitesides, GeorgeCA-27
Goodlander, MaggieNH-02
Elfreth, SarahMD-03
Subramanyam, SuhasVA-10
Kennedy, Timothy M.NY-26
Tokuda, Jill N.HI-02
Landsman, GregOH-01
Republicans (4)
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