House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Ralph Norman R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 128.
- 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. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Article VSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 128, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/128
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b83e6690133e2ed39b3445f5205e61366174a29652c62430eee91cd26cf7d84
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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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
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Russell Fry (R-SC), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), John Joyce (R-PA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Max Miller (R-OH), Cory Mills (R-FL), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman.
- H.R. 3377 (119th) To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the…
- H.R. 4463 (119th) To amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993.
- H.R. 6536 (119th) Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act
- H.J.Res. 12 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.Res. 888 (119th) Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct…
- H.Res. 589 (119th) Providing for the public release of certain documents, records, and communications related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.