House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Work, No Pay Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the pay of Members of Congress during periods in which a Government shutdown is in effect, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Kennedy R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 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. 5637.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY of Utah, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4510):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5637, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 13, 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 April 13, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kennedy.
- H.R. 7831 (119th) License to Drill Act
- H.R. 1045 (119th) Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
- H.R. 3425 (119th) Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025
- H.R. 8658 (119th) Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act
- H.R. 4684 (119th) Star-Spangled Summit Act of 2026
- H.R. 1318 (119th) United States Research Protection Act
Related bills
- H.R. 8140 (119th) Money Where Our Mouths Are 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.