House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
No Budget, No Pay Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 3, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 236.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H218):Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 236, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
454f1c11862c9b206e8cc54e736da6b3de970f2161a97ad894c0206967c906c3
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 236, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Bill Flores (R-TX), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Kevin Hern (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wittman.
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- H.Res. 551 (116th) Emphasizing the importance of addressing participation in career and technical education.
- H.R. 1577 (116th) VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act
- H.Con.Res. 124 (116th) Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and service to the United…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.