Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 93.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 157, September 27, 2023, Page H4715):
  Article V The single subject of this legislation is: An amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Governrnent shutdown is in effect
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 93, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/93

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da3a4055fe717b0d24c1773d372c2e94c768d4b4c93d758fcef5644f8156722f

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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