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H.R. 5738 — No Budget, No Pay Act — Project Euthyna

The public record · 119th Congress

No Budget, No Pay Act

This bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.

This bill takes effect on September 29, 2027.

Other titles

the names this measure carries besides the one at the top of this page, each with the record's own label for it. The collection includes titles given to parts of a bill as well as to the whole.

To provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.Official Title as Introduced

No Budget, No Pay ActShort Title(s) as Introduced

Legislative history

H.R. 5738·House·Bill·Congress

Rep. Tim Moore(Republican-North Carolina-14)·

Oct 10, 2025

IntroducedIntroduced in House

Oct 10, 2025

HouseReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Documents

Everything Congress printed about this measure. A bill is reprinted each time it changes, the Congressional Research Service summarizes each version, and the committee that reports a bill files its own written account of it.

Bill text

Oct 10, 2025As introduced in the House

Plain-language summaries

Oct 10, 2025Introduced in House

Where it stands

In committee — the House

On the floor — the House

In committee — the Senate

On the floor — the Senate

Resolving differences

With the President

Became law

Path for a House bill