House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

No Work, No Pay Act of 2023

H.R. 5695Introduced Sep 26, 2023Policy area: Congress

Where it went

IntroducedSep 26, 2023
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 26, 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. 5695.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4500):
Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent Members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 5695, 118th Congress
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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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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5695, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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

1 cosponsor — 1 Republican

0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Burgess Owens (R-UT).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Curtis.

Sponsor’s state and district

Utah in Congress · UT-3 district

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.