No Work, No Pay Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
Reduces Members of Congress's pay during any federal government shutdown by docking one day's pay for each full day the shutdown is in effect.
Who Benefits and How
Taxpayers and shutdown-accountability advocates could benefit if lawmakers directly share the financial consequences of appropriations lapses.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Members of Congress would lose compensation during shutdowns, and House and Senate payroll administrators would need to calculate and apply the pay reductions.
Key Provisions
- Requires each House payroll administrator to exclude one day's pay for each 24-hour period of a government shutdown during a pay period.
- Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to assist House and Senate payroll administrators in carrying out the reductions.
- Defines a government shutdown as a lapse in appropriations caused by failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.
- Defines Member of Congress by reference to the statutory congressional pay positions and applies the rule beginning in the 120th Congress.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reduces Members of Congress's pay during any federal government shutdown by docking one day's pay for each full day the shutdown is in effect.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor, Budget
Primary Purpose
Reduces Members of Congress's pay during any federal government shutdown by docking one day's pay for each full day the shutdown is in effect.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Taxpayers and voters seeking stronger congressional shutdown accountability
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Members of Congress and congressional payroll administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was …
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
House and Senate payroll administrators implementing shutdown-based pay deductions, Members of Congress whose pay is reduced during shutdown periods
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "house_payroll_administrator"
- → Payroll administrator of each House of Congress
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