A bill to reduce a portion of the annual pay of Members of Congress for the failure to adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which does not provide for a balanced budget, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
This bill was introduced on January 8, 2019, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Gillibrand Urges Congress To Support Vulnerable Renters And Homeless Americans In Next Coronavirus Relief Package”
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
on May 14, 2020
“Congressman Steven Horsford Votes to Protect Housing Access for Nevadans During COVID-19 Pandemic”
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Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV4]
on Jun 29, 2020
“The power of diversity and inclusion: Fighting COVID-19, the economic crisis, and securing social justice”
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Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH3]
on Oct 22, 2020
History
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Feb 6, 2013
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 522 (113th). |
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Feb 12, 2015
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 493 (114th). |
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Jan 11, 2017
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 98 (115th). |
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Jan 8, 2019
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jan 26, 2021
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 48. |
S. 44 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 44. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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