House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act
Official title: To reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if a Government shutdown occurs during a year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bryan Steil R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2025
- Committee actionMar 18, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 10 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5891.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5891, Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act” on April 21, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on March 18, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62370
- CBO publication date
- April 21, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5891, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 182, October 31, 2025, Page H4567):Clause 2 of Section 5 of Article 1 of the Constitution: ``Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings'' Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article 1 of the Constitution: ``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.'' Section 1 of Amendment 27 to the Constitution: ``No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 549 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5891, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b33c254b6b8b8eb73bbc7eaa7c0ed466cb322b275308b5859d04d1ac4c883d46
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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
13 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil.
- H.R. 7008 (119th) Stop Insider Trading Act
- H.R. 4430 (119th) Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act
- H.R. 8364 (119th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the increase of the retirement age in the United States Capitol Police.
- H.Res. 198 (119th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
- H.Res. 308 (119th) Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida.
- H.Res. 309 (119th) Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Twenty-eighth Congressional District of Texas.
Related bills
- S. 3057 (119th) Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns ActIdentical 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.