US Congress House Bill 2653 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-9)
Status: Introduced on July 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-26 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stop Pay for Members Act - Prohibits the liquidation of the obligation to pay basic pay of Members of Congress, if the U.S. public debt reaches the public debt limit, until: (1) all other obligations of the U.S. government then due have been liquidated; or (2) if earlier, the ability of the U.S. Treasury to liquidate the such obligations in timely manner is restored, whether by an increase in the public debt limit or otherwise. Declares that each Member of Congress consents and agrees that payment of basic pay in accordance with this Act shall constitute a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service as such a Member during the period covered by the payment.

Stop Pay for Members Act

Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2653/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2653/BILLS-112hr2653ih.pdf