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. 129.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 163, October 3, 2025, Page H4517):
  The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  464 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 129, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/129

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fce8778660ca5b89a2ceeffbd1198bbdb23571745e4cae3d8dadca77f0f4b029

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 129, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.