House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
Sponsor: Rep. Abigail Spanberger D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3538.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Pages H2459-H2460):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Witholds Member of Congress pay in escrow during a government shut down or default to be released at the end of the 118th Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 195 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3538, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
21569888596550ef12ef798af2a4f3302bee5fe4ec7770dab2d0091f54ffad7d
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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
16 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 13 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Susie Lee (D-NV), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
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- H.R. 3537 (118th) United States Foreign Service Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 345 (118th) TRUST in Congress Act
- H.R. 2534 (118th) PROTECT 340B Act of 2023
- H.R. 5909 (118th) Caring for Grieving Families Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.