Sponsor the No Budget, No Pay law requiring members of Congress to forfeit pay if Congress does not pass a responsible budget.

Ami Bera · California · Democratic

oversight impact 0.74 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

He pledged to: Sponsor the No Budget, No Pay, a law that says if Congress doesn't do its job and pass a responsible budget, members don't get paid.

Bera promised to sponsor legislation tying congressional pay to passage of a responsible budget.

BERA CAMPAIGN RELEASES FIRST AD HIGHLIGHTING PROMISE DR. BERA HAS KEPT TO PUT PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICS - Rep. Ami Bera Campaign Press Release | LegiStorm
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to introduce and help pass No Budget, No Pay

Bera committed to introduce and help pass No Budget, No Pay.

Transcript Of Debate Between Ami Bera And Doug Ose, Candidates For U.S. Congress District 7 - capradio.org
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Evidence

The bill page lists Rep. Dave Camp as the sponsor of H.R.325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and shows that it became Public Law No. 113-3 on 2013-02-04.

Official legislative record shows the enacted No Budget, No Pay law was sponsored by Dave Camp, not Ami Bera.

never same_term

Congress.gov - H.R.325 No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
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GovInfo identifies Jim Cooper as sponsor and lists Ami Bera among the cosponsors of H.R. 187, a later No Budget, No Pay Act introduced in the 114th Congress.

Bera supported a later version of the policy as a cosponsor, but he was not the sponsor and the bill did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

GovInfo - H.R. 187 (IH) No Budget, No Pay Act
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The office says Bera 'introduced the No Budget No Pay Act today' and that he introduced the bipartisan bill in the House with Jim Cooper, Reid Ribble, and Ron DeSantis.

Bera publicly claimed to introduce a permanent No Budget, No Pay bill in 2015, but this was not the enacted 2013 law and it still did not pass into law.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Representative Ami Bera - Press Release: Bera keeps pledge to Sacramento County, introduces permanent No Budget No Pay Act
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

A No Budget, No Pay measure became law during Bera's first House term in February 2013, but the official record identifies Rep. Dave Camp, not Ami Bera, as the sponsor of the enacted H.R.325. Bera later introduced or backed permanent No Budget, No Pay legislation in 2015, which shows a serious same-term effort, but that later bill did not become law. Because the policy outcome occurred without clear sponsor credit for Bera and his own later legislation failed, this merits partial credit rather than full delivery.

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