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Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

Matches stated record claim. He has sponsored it in every Congress since 2015, along with two related measures, and each went to committee and no further.

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman

Repeatedly introducing No Budget, No Pay

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What they say

He says he wrote and keeps reintroducing bills to hold Congress to its budget deadlines, naming the No Budget, No Pay Act, the Inaction Has Consequences Act and the Stay on Schedule Resolution.

“That is why I have authored, repeatedly introduced, and continue to push forward legislation to hold Congress accountable”

What the record shows ·

He has sponsored the No Budget, No Pay Act in every Congress since 2015, most recently as H.R. 208 in January 2025. He has also sponsored the Inaction Has Consequences Act since 2019 and the Stay on Schedule Resolution since 2015. Each was referred to committee and went no further. In January 2013 he voted Aye on H.R. 325, a one-time No Budget, No Pay Act that passed 285-144 and became law.

Limit: His own bills have not had a committee vote. The 2013 law was not his bill.

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  1. Re-Elect Rob Wittman for Congress, issueshttps://robwittman.com/issues/

    Rob Wittman for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Captured 2026-10-01. Written in the first person: economy, education, fiscal accountability, health care, infrastructure, security, natural resources and energy.

    candidate statement

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  2. H.R. 208, No Budget, No Pay Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/208

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2025-01-03. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  3. H.R. 225, No Budget, No Pay Act (118th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/225

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2023-01-09. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  4. H.R. 178, No Budget, No Pay Act (117th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/178

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2021-01-04. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  5. H.R. 236, No Budget, No Pay Act (116th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/236

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2019-01-03. Referred to House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  6. H.R. 429, No Budget, No Pay Act (115th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/429

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2017-01-10. He introduced it again as H.R. 5465 in 2018.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  7. H.R. 174, No Budget, No Pay Act (114th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/174

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2015-01-06, the earliest of his No Budget, No Pay bills Congress.gov lists. He introduced it again as H.R. 4814 in 2016.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  8. H.R. 209, Inaction Has Consequences Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/209

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2025-01-03. Earlier versions: H.R. 857 (2019), H.R. 180 (2021), H.R. 224 (2023).

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  9. H.R. 857, Inaction Has Consequences Act (116th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/857

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2019-01-29. The earliest Inaction Has Consequences Act Congress.gov lists under his name.

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  10. H.Res. 12, Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/12

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2025-01-03. Referred to Rules. Earlier versions: H.Res. 17 (2015), 43 (2017), 16 (2021), 13 (2023).

    official legislative record

    For: Has Rob Wittman repeatedly introduced the No Budget, No Pay Act?

  11. H.Res. 17, Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution (114th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/17

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Wittman, 2015-01-06. The earliest Stay on Schedule Resolution Congress.gov lists under his name.

    official legislative record

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  12. House roll call 30, 2013 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, 2013-01-23. Passed 285-144. Wittman voted Aye. It became Public Law 113-3. Read from the roll's name list in the Congressional Record, page H237, on 2026-10-01; the Clerk's site returned HTTP 403 that day.

    official legislative record

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  13. Congressional Record, House, January 23, 2013, No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2013-01-23/html/CREC-2013-01-23-pt1-PgH237.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 23, 2013 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Prints the names on roll call 30: Wittman is among the 285 ayes.

    official legislative record

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  14. Public Law 113-3, No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (H.R. 325)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-113publ3/html/PLAW-113publ3.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 4, 2013 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed 2013-02-04. Sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp, not Wittman. Section 3 held members' pay in escrow if a chamber had not passed a budget resolution by April 15, 2013.

    official legislative record

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