House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Pay for Congress During Default or Shutdown Act
Official title: To reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if the public debt limit is reached or a Government shutdown occurs during a year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Eugene Vindman D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 1973.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VINDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1067):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1973, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 1, 2026). 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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats
4 of 14 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eugene Vindman.
Related bills
- H.R. 9222 (119th) Drain the Swamp ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.