H.R. 4799: Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act
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H.R. 4799: Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act
114th Congress · introduced 2016-03-17 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-03-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act
Plain summary
Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act This bill withholds the salaries of Members of the House of Representatives if the House has not passed all of the regular appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year. The salaries are withheld until the earlier of: (1) the first day by which the House has passed all of the regular appropriations bills for the fiscal year, or (2) the last day of the Congress. For the purposes of this bill, passage of all of the regular appropriations bills includes passing each bill individually or in combination with any of the other appropriations bills.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Do Your Job or Don't Get Paid Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13] · 0 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (3)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4799.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr4799 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114