This bill would stop pay for Members of Congress for each day after October 1 of a fiscal year when both of these conditions are not met: (1) both Houses have approved a concurrent resolution on the budget under section 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and (2) Congress has passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year. The bill defines "Member of Congress" by reference to 5 U.S.C. 2106 and excludes the Vice President. On October 1 each year, designated officers in the House and Senate must ask the budget and appropriations committee chairpersons to certify whether pay must be withheld and for what days. The bill bars using Treasury funds to pay Members during any certified withholding period and forbids paying Members retroactively for those periods. The bill would take effect on February 1, 2027.
No publicly available information on the bill's budgetary cost estimates or effects. The bill would prohibit the use of Treasury funds to pay Members during certified withholding periods and would bar retroactive pay for those periods.
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