# 119-hr-5637: No Work, No Pay Act of 2025

119-hr-5637, No Work, No Pay Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT); status introduced (as of 2026-09-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5637
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Work, No Pay Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-13

## Summary

**Withholds pay from Members of Congress for each day a federal government shutdown lasts.** The bill would require each House's payroll administrator to reduce a Member's pay by one day's worth of annual pay for every 24-hour period of a lapse in appropriations that falls within a pay period. The Secretary of the Treasury would provide assistance to help carry out those payroll adjustments. The measure defines a government shutdown as a lapse in appropriations for any federal agency or department and ties "Member of Congress" to the pay categories in section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Congress pay withheld during shutdowns: cost, low. If enacted, Members of Congress would not get paid for days when the government is shut down. For each 24-hour shutdown day that falls in a pay period, payroll would withhold one day of pay. The House Chief Administrative Officer and the Secretary of the Senate would process the cuts, with help fro…

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- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
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- 119-hr-1623: SCREEN Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5637 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5637)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-5343: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5343)
- [119-hr-1623: SCREEN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1623)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5637 (as of 2026-09-13).