No Work, No Pay Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
Introduced
Summary
Withholds pay from Members of Congress for each day a federal government shutdown lasts.
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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.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Congress pay withheld during shutdowns
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 from Treasury. A “government shutdown” would mean a lapse in funding from not passing a regular bill or a short-term funding bill. This would take effect upon enactment and apply starting in the 120th Congress and after.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3]
UT • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
UT • R
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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