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H.R. 2370: House Intern Pay Act of 2019

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H.R. 2370: House Intern Pay Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-25 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

House Intern Pay Act of 2019

Plain summary

House Intern Pay Act of 2019 This bill addresses the compensation of interns for Members of the House of Representatives. The bill modifies a capped allowance for compensating interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House during a calendar year. The Committee on House Administration must establish an equivalent allowance for each Member's office for that purpose. An unused portion of the allowance may be reallocated to another Member's office, depending on specified circumstances. Furthermore, the bill requires that the hourly rate for interns be at least $15 per hour for the first year and provides for inflationary adjustments in subsequent years.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

House Intern Pay Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · 51 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2370 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116